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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jul 14.
Published in final edited form as: Development. 2006 Mar 22;133(9):1657–1671. doi: 10.1242/dev.02341

Table 4. Effect of concanamycin on the sidedness of the expression of Shh and Nodal left-side markers in chick.

Expression Left Right Bilateral None




Gene Treatment n % n % n % n % χ2 P
Shh Control 17 100% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
Concanamycin 15 33% 3 7% 17 38% 10 22% 19.370 ≪0.001
Nodal Control 25 100% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
Concanamycin 43 77% 0 0% 6 11% 7 13% 5.297 0.001

The laterality of expression of Shh and Nodal is significantly altered in chick embryos treated with the H+-V-ATPase inhibitors concanamycin or DCCD.