Figure 2. Embryonic expression of
cyd-1::GFP and
cdk-4::GFP constructs. Two images are shown for each embryo. One image of the pair is false-colored GFP expression merged with Nomarski (top of each pair) and the second image is the corresponding GFP fluorescence alone (bottom of each pair). Expression of
cyd-1::GFP (A-C) and
cdk-4::GFP (E-G) reporter genes is very similar, each beginning at about the 300-cell stage and continuing throughout the remainder of embryogenesis. Expression of both reporters in comma (B,E) and 1.5-fold (C,F) embryos is concentrated primarily in postproliferative neurons in the head, ventral cord and tail as well as in hypodermal cells. Most of the embryonic expression ceases in late stage embryos and becomes restricted to seam cells in 3-fold embryos (not shown).