Figure 3. MAX-1 Is Expressed in Motor Neurons and Localized to Neuronal Processes. (A-D) Shown is GFP expression driven by a
max-1 promoter. In a 1.5-fold stage embryo, GFP is detected in some head and tail neurons (arrow and arrowhead in [A], respectively). In a 3-fold stage embryo, GFP is strongly expressed in the ventral cord motor neurons (arrowhead in [B]), as well as head (arrow in [B]) and tail neurons. In L1 larve, GFP is seen in all ventral cord motor neurons. Arrows from left to right are DD4, DB6, and DA6. BDU, SDQ, and AVM neurons also express GFP (arrows in [D] from left to right).(E) Expression of a functional MAX-1A::GFP, visualized by anti-GFP antibody, in the ventral cord (arrow, the right bundles, and arrowhead, the left bundles of the nerve cord), subventral cord (*), and commissural processes. No staining in the cell bodies.(F) Expression of MAX-1-delta-FERM::GFP is diffusely found in nerve processes (arrow) and cell bodies (arrowhead). Scale bars: 20 μm.