3BA and 3BD mRNAs are unstable, while 3BB and 3BC mRNAs
are stable. Polyadenylated RNAs prepared from 0- to 1-, 1- to 2-, 2- to
3-, and 3- to 4-h-old embryos from 3BA, 3BB, 3BC, and 3BD transgenic
flies were analyzed on Northern blots hybridized with bicoid
and rpA1 mRNA probes. rpA1 mRNA served as a loading control. mRNA
sizes: bicoid mRNA, 2.6 kb; 3BA mRNA, 1.2 kb; 3BB mRNA, 1.8
kb; 3BC mRNA, 1.4 kb; 3BD mRNA, 1.6 kb; and rpA1 mRNA, 0.6 kb.