Expression of wild types, chimeric, and mutated NaPi
cotransporters in OK cells. Cells were transfected with wt mIIa and
mIIb, with the chimeras mIIaN-mIIb, mIIbN-mIIa, mIIa-mIIbCT, and
mIIb-mIIaCT or with the mutants mIIaNI and mIIbKR. They were then
processed for confocal microscopy. (a) Focal planes.
(b and c) The xy
cross-sections. The endogenous fluorescence of EGFP is
shown in green (b) and the actin staining in red
(c); a merge of the fluorescence signals is shown in
a.