Fig. 6. Expression of EGFP reporter transgenes in zebrafish
embryos. (A-I) Lateral views (anterior to the left) of primary
transgenic zebrafish embryos injected with (A-C) hoxb5aEGFP, (D,E)
hoxb5bEGFP, (F,G) hoxb5a
J3EGFP or (H,I)
hoxb5binsJ3EGFP. Developmental stages are indicated. Arrows
indicate cells of the developing nervous system; arrowheads mark somites and
muscle cells. Approximately 60% of the embryos injected with
hoxb5bEGFP and 50% of embryos injected with
hoxb5binsJ3EGFP showed EGFP expression, as compared
with only 30% of hoxb5bEGFP and 37.5% of
hoxb5a
J3EGFP embryos. Scale bars: 250 µm.
(J,K) Relative copy numbers of EGFP transcripts
detected by RT-PCR in primary transgenic embryos injected with
hoxb5aEGFP (b5a), hoxb5bEGFP (b5b),
hoxb5a
J3EGFP (b5a
J3) or
hoxb5binsJ3EGFP (b5binsJ3) constructs. Column
heights represent relative copy numbers of EGFP transcripts after
normalization to endogenous hoxb5a expression. Each bar represents
the average of three groups of transgenic embryos and error bars indicate
s.e.m.