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The protein kinase MLTK regulates chondrogenesis by inducing the transcription factor Sox6.

The protein kinase MLTK regulates chondrogenesis by inducing the transcription factor Sox6.

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map3k20.L laevis NF stage 37 and 38 optic field

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  Fig. 1. xMLTK is required for craniofacial cartilage formation. (A) Whole-mount in situ hybridization for xMLTKα and xMLTKβ was performed on embryos at stages 17, 24, 37/38 and 41. OV, otic vesicle; G, glomus; PD, pronephric duct; No, notochord; F, left-rostral furrow in yolk mass; PM, paraxial mesoderm; FM, facial muscle; BA, branchial arch. (B) Magnified view of embryos at stage 41 shown in A. M, Meckel’s cartilage; CH, ceratohyal cartilage; CB, ceratobranchial cartilage; OV, otic vesicle; G, glomus; F, left-rostral furrow in yolk mass; MQH, m. quadrato-hyoangularis; MOH, m. orbitohyoideus; MIH, m. interhyoideus; MLM, m. levator mandibulae. (C) xMLTK-MO or 5misMO was injected into the animal pole of all blastomeres (10 ng/cell) at the four-cell stage, and the embryos were fixed at stage 45. (D) Magnified view of the head of the embryo shown in C. Craniofacial cartilage is outlined with a dashed yellow line. (E) xMLTK-MO (n=29), xMLTK-MO plus xMLTKα-res-myc plasmid (n=25), or xMLTK-MO plus xMLTKβ-res-myc plasmid (n=25) was injected unilaterally into the animal pole of two blastomeres (xMLTK-MO, 10 ng/cell; plasmid, 50 pg /cell) at the four-cell stage. Uninjected embryos (n=31) and injected embryos were fixed at stage 45, and cartilages were stained with Alcian Blue. Brackets indicate the injected side. M, Meckel’s cartilage; CH, ceratohyal cartilage; CB, ceratobranchial cartilage; BHB, basihyobranchial cartilage. (F) The relative cartilage size (the rate of the length of the right side to that of the left side of ceratohyal cartilages) was quantified. Values are mean±s.d. **P<0.01.