Figure S1. Comparison of the distributions of H3K36me2 and MES-4. Tissues from wild-type and
mes-4 mutant adult hermaphrodites show antibody staining on the left, and on the right a merge of antibody staining (green) and DNA stained with PL4-2 (red). (A) In wild type, anti-H3K36me2 staining is in all nuclei of the germ line, and also in somatic gut nuclei (arrowheads). Arrows in A and B indicate the start of the transition zone. (B) In a wild-type germ line, the MES-4 pattern is dynamic (Fong et al., 2002). MES-4 levels are highest in the distal mitotic region, drop to nearly undetectable levels at the transition zone, rise modestly during late pachytene, and become markedly enhanced after fertilization (see early embryos in the upper half of panel). MES-4 is not detectable in gut nuclei (arrowheads). (C) In a
mes-4(
bn23) M+Z- hermaphrodite stained with the antibody against MES-4 fusion protein, MES-4 is undetectable in the distal mitotic region of the germ line.
bn23 is a protein-null allele. Scale bar: 20 μm for A,B; 10 μm, for C.