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Fig. 2. Maternal PP2A:B56
is required for dorsal development. (A) Morpholino
antisense oligonucleotide directed against PP2A:B56
blocks the
translation of flag-tagged PP2A:B56
RNA, but not flag-tagged
PP2A:B56
-c, in Xenopus oocytes, as determined by
western blotting. EGFP mRNA was coinjected and western blotted with anti-GFP
as a control. (B) Vegetal view of an uninjected host-transfer embryo at the
onset of gastrulation (stage 10+), showing formation of the dorsal lip of the
blastopore. (C) Vegetal view of a maternal PP2A:B56
-depleted embryo also
at stage 10+, showing absence of dorsal lip. (D) RT-PCR showing the gene
expression profile in maternal PP2A:B56
and ß-catenin-depleted
embryos at midgastrula stage (stage 11). (E) RT-PCR showing reduced expression
of Xnr5 and Xnr6 at the 1,000-cell stage and reduced
expression of siamois and Xnr3 at gastrula stage (stage 10).
(F) RT-PCR showing reduction of dorsal gene expression in maternal
PP2A:B56
-depleted embryos could be rescued by PP2A:B56
-c mRNA.