Xenbase Image ID: 133443

FIGURE 5. Xdpcp acts upstream of Smad2. A, RT-PCR analysis revealing that Xdpcp cannot inhibit the expression of mesendodermal markers induced by CA-Smad2 in animal cap tissues. WE and −RT, control RT-PCR on the whole embryo RNA in the presence or absence of reverse transcriptase; AC, uninjected animal cap cells; (−), the animal cap cells injected with CA-Smad2 RNA alone. Ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) serves as a loading control. B, the morphological defects by xdpcp overexpression are partially rescued by CA-Smad2. C, the graph showing the results of panel B. Image published in: Cheong SM et al. (2009) Copyright © 2009. Image reproduced with permission of the publisher and the copyright holder. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License. Larger Image Printer Friendly View

Return to previous page