Fig. 1 C. elegans Tribbles
nipi-3 is required for larval development and viability. a The
nipi-3 locus. Top,
nipi-3 encodes a pseudokinase of theTribbles family. Middle,
nipi-3 deletions generated using CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing. Bottom, the extent of the
nipi-3 genomic region used torescue the deletion mutants. b-e Bright-field images of worms at 3 days post-hatching; wild type (b),
nipi-3 null mutants (c,d) and a transgenicanimal (Tg) expressing the wild-type
nipi-3 genomic DNA in a
nipi-3(0) background (e). f Fluorescence images of worms expressing AJM-1::GFPreporter in the epithelial cells to allow visualization of seam cells. g Overlaid differential interference contrast (DIC) and fluorescence image of a nipi3
(fr148) mutant at 3 days post-hatching expressing
lag-2p::GFP reporter. This image corresponds to the boxed region in d. Two distal tip cells (DTC) areshown in green (arrow), and the germline of arrested
nipi-3 null larva is denoted by a dotted red line. h Body length (um) of worms at 3 days posthatching. Each dot represents a single animal measured as shown; each red line represents the mean value. ***P < 0.001; ns, not significant (one-wayANOVA with Tukey's post hoc tests). i Fluorescence images of endogenous NIPI-3 expression visualized in the GFP KI strain (
fr152). Expression isobserved in the nuclei (yellow arrows) of the epidermis (left panel), the intestine (upper right panel) and the head neurons (lower right panel)