Figure 3. Post-embryonic spatial and temporal expression pattern of MLT-7.A and B represent typical head (
hyp3, -4, -6, and -7) and seam/body hypodermal (
hyp7, H, V, and P) nuclearly localized staining pattern noted in newly hatched L1 larva transformed by Pmlt-7::lacZ. C depicts a schematic representation of the head and body hypodermal cells of a newly hatched L1 larva (based on Ref. 29). D, relative transcript levels were assessed by comparing the abundance of
mlt-7 compared with that of the constitutively expressed RNA polymerase gene
ama-1. cDNA samples represent 2-h intervals after the initiation of feeding of starved L1 larvae. L1 to L4 depict larval stages. D depicts a representative plot and the corresponding gel.