Increased tension selectively restores boundary expression of rfng in epha4 and ephrinb3 mutants.(A–K) Knockdown of mypt1 increases rfng expression at hindbrain boundaries in control embryos (F) and restores rfng expression at specific boundaries in ephrinb3-/- (G), epha4-/- (H), epha4Δ651 (I) and epha4KD (J) mutants compared to uninjected controls (A–E). (K) Percentage of embryos showing rfng expression at the different boundaries for: control (n = 38); MO-mypt1 (45); epha4a-/- (13); epha4a-/-MO-mypt1 (42); efnb3b-/- (14); efnb3b-/-MO-mypt1 (17); epha4aΔ651 (15); epha4aΔ651 MO-mypt1 (22); epha4aKD (13); epha4aKD MO-mypt1 (27). Dorsal views, anterior to the top. Arrowheads indicate normal boundary expression of rfng, while asterisks indicate reduction or absence of rfng expression at boundaries. Scale bar: 50 μm.
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