Fig. 9.

Atrophin RNAi inhibits histolysis of DEOMs. a Survival rates of doomed muscles (DEOM1s) in early pupation (+5h aHE) were scored in LSCM images of abdominal segments A2-A4. While all DEOM1s in 14 control animals had disintegrated, the majority of AtroshRNA and DN-TOR expressing muscles were still intact in 7 and 8 pupae examined, respectively. b DEOM1s surviving to late pupation (4 days aHE) were scored for abdominal segments A2-A5 in images acquired by macrozoom microscopy. c Similarly, we determined cell death rates of persistent muscles (DIOM1s) for the same 19 control and 20 Atro shRNA expressing pupae. The numbers of muscles scored per segment are indicated by n in brackets. Errors bars indicate 95 % confidence intervals of the proportions