Figure 1 MEK1 depletion impairs embryonic development. (A) Mk-MO [mapk MO2] and Mk-MO ATG [mapk MO1] were designed to target MEK1 translation. Western blot analysis of blastula stage nine embryos injected with 25 ng per blastomere of either MO at the 4 cell stage revealed reduced MEK1 translation. α-Tubulin was used as a loading control. Control embryos were uninjected. The histogram shows the normalized intensity of MEK1 signals relative to control. (B) Embryos were injected as in (A) and morphology was analyzed at tailbud stage. (C) Embryos injected as in (A) were stained with Sox2 probe to highlight defective axis formation and neural tissue differentiation. (D) Embryos were injected at the 2 cell stage with 25 ng Mk-MO per cell, and at the 4- cell stage with 400 pg of mammalian MEK1 (Mk) RNA per cell and processed for WISH analysis at late gastrula stage 13 with t/bra probe to highlight the mesoderm (dorso-vegetal view) and with sox2 to highlight the neurectoderm (dorsal view). In C and D, the number of embryos exemplified by the photograph over the total number of embryos analyzed is indicated.
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| Gene | Synonyms | Species | Stage(s) | Tissue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| sox2.L | anop3, LOC108718087, mcops3, Sox-2, XLSOX-2, Xsox-2, XSox2 | X. laevis | Throughout NF stage 22 to NF stage 44 | neuroectoderm neural fold optic vesicle neural tube |
| tbxt.L | bra, brachyury, ntl, t, t-a, t-b, X-bra, Xbra, Xbrachyury | X. laevis | Throughout NF stage 13 | mesoderm circumblastoporal collar neural groove |
| sox2.L | anop3, LOC108718087, mcops3, Sox-2, XLSOX-2, Xsox-2, XSox2 | X. laevis | Throughout NF stage 13 | neuroectoderm neural plate |
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