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. 2020 Oct 6;11:5010. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-18852-4

Fig. 7. Mutations in genes encoding known proteins of a PIX-1 pathway result in muscle cell boundary disruption.

Fig. 7

a Putative PIX-1 biochemical pathway based on what is known of PIX proteins in mammals and other cell types in C. elegans. Also indicated is a summary of the results shown in b. b Confocal images of body wall muscle from the indicated mutants immunostained with anti-PAT-6. Note reduced or disorganized PAT-6 localization at muscle cell boundaries (indicated by arrowheads) in pak-1, git-1, ced-10, and pak-2 mutants, but normal PAT-6 localization in mig-2, rac-2, and max-2 mutants. A higher magnification view (bottom row, right) of pak-2(ok332) is shown because it has a more subtle defect than the other mutants. Results on second alleles for rac-2 and ced-10 are shown in Supplementary Fig 3. Each image is a representative image obtained from at least 2 fixation and immunostaining experiments, and imaging at least three different animals of each strain. Scale bar, 10 μm.