Figure 6. mef-2 mutations and increased calcium signaling suppress the starvation-induced downregulation of srh-234 expression.
A, C) Percentage of animals of the indicated genotypes expressing srh-234p::gfp at wild-type levels. Animals (n>150) were examined at 150× magnification for each genotype. B) Relative expression of srh-234p::gfp in ocr-2 and npr-1 mutants compared to wild-type. For strains carrying ADL::egl-19(gf) extrachromosomal arrays (see Material and Methods), data shown is for two independent transgenic lines. Animals (n = 15–20) were examined at 400× magnification for each genotype. * and ** indicates values that are different from that of wild-type animals at P<0.001, and P<0.05, respectively, and # indicates the values that are different between the genotypes compared by brackets at P<0.05 using either a two-sample t-test or a χ2 test of independence. Error bars denote the SEP or SEM.