Figure 6.

Mil may be involved in the regulation of proapoptotic/prosurvival gene expression. The larvae at 6 d.p.f. (for MO and misMO groups) and at 4 d.p.f. (for mRNA group) were collected to examine transcription level of zBax2 and zMcl1b by qPCR. The proapoptotic gene Bax2 mRNA was notably elevated by MOmil injection (a) and reduced by mil-mRNA injection (b) compared with WT and misMO injection. Oppositely, the prosurvival gene Mcl1b was significantly downregulated in the morphants (c) and upregulated in the larvae with mil-mRNA injection (d) **P-values <0.01