Fig. 5. Overexpression of SCF results in abnormal morphology of the male X
chromosome but not of autosomes or the female X chromosomes. (A)
Polytene chromosomes prepared from an yw control male were labeled
with DAPI. (B) Chromosomes prepared from a female of the transgenic
SCF-overexpression line were labeled with DAPI. (C-F) Chromosomes
prepared from males of the transgenic SCF-overexpression line were labeled
with DAPI (C,E; green in F) and anti-MSL-1 (D) or anti-SCF (magenta in F)
antibody. (G,H) The male X chromosome appears normal in the line
overexpressing both SCF and ISWI (G), and upon overexpresssion of SCF in the
mof1 mutant background (H). (I) Acetylation of
H4K16 was not detectable on polytene chromosomes in mof1.
The chromosomes shown in I were labeled with anti-acetylated H4K16 antibody.
Arrows mark the X chromosome.