Fig. 3. X-gal staining in transient transgenic embryos shows endocardial-specific
enhancer activity of the 4.1 kb BssHII-BssHII P2 fragment in
whole-mount E9.5 embryos (A) and sections of whole-mount-stained E10.5 (B) and
E11.5 (C) embryos. ß-Galactosidase activity is restricted to the
pro-valve endocardial cells in AVC (arrowhead) and OFT (arrow). The enhancer
is not activated in the mesenchymal cells derived from transformed endocardial
cells in the AVC and OFT endocardial cushions. Top row, OFT; bottom row, AVC.
a, atrium; c, conus; t, truncus; v, ventricle.