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Fig. 1. Sulf1 inhibits the ability of Wnt8a to activate canonical Wnt signalling. (A–M) Xenopus laevis embryos were microinjected with mRNA encoding Wnt8a (5 pg) and/or Sulf1 (1 ng) into a single ventral blastomere at the four-cell stage. (A–F) Whole embryo phenotypes of (A) uninjected control embryo, and embryos injected with (B) Sulf1, (C) Wnt8a or (D–F) Sulf1 and Wnt8a. White arrowheads in C mark a fully duplicated axis; red arrowheads in F mark duplicated trunk and cement gland. (G) The data shown in A–F is quantified in G. **P,0.01 (Chi squared test). (H–M) In situ hybridisation shows the expression of chordin at NF stage 10.5. (H) Uninjected control embryos; (I–K) embryos injected with (I) Sulf1, (J) Wnt8a and (K) Sulf1 and Wnt8a. (L) Wnt8a induces an ectopic domain of chordin expression. (M) Sulf1 inhibits the ability of Wnt8a to induce ectopic chordin resulting in the formation of a partial secondary organiser domain. The red arrowheads in L and M mark the edges of the ectopic chordin domains. (N) The data shown in H–M is quantified in N, **P,0.01 (Chi squared test). (O–U) In situ hybridisation shows the expression of Xnr3 at NF stage 10. (O) Uninjected control embryos; (P–T) embryos injected with (P) Sulf1, (Q) Wnt8a and (R) Sulf1 and Wnt8a. Enlarged images of embryos shown in Q and R are shown in S and T. The data shown in O–T is quantified in (U). N, number of embryos.

Image published in: Fellgett SW et al. (2015)

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GeneSynonymsSpeciesStage(s)Tissue
chrd.Schd, chordin, chrd.1, LOC108716939, X-chordinX. laevisThroughout NF stage 10.5presumptive axial mesoderm
involuted dorsal mesoderm
nodal3.1.Lnr3, Xnr-3, Xnr3X. laevisThroughout NF stage 10upper blastopore lip
dorsal marginal zone

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