Fig. 4. Developmental time course of HLEA and HLEB activity compared with the
endogenous expression of Tbx4. (A-F) Whole-mount
lacZ staining of mouse embryos from stable transgenic lines carrying
HLEA transgene pDBM7 (A-C) or HLEB transgene pDBM5 (D-F) show that these
enhancers are active in the early hindlimb field (A,D) and developing hindlimb
bud (B,C,E,F). (G-I) Tbx4 mRNA as detected by whole-mount in
situ hybridization shows similar patterns of expression. Embryonic stages as
indicated.