FIGURE 1
Figure 1. Knockout of ltv1 and craniofacial defects in ltv1Δ14/Δ14 mutant. (A) The sequences flanking the deletion site in ltv1 mutants (ltv1Δ7,14) are shown. The deleted nucleotides are denoted by dashes. In ltv1Δ7/Δ7 mutant, 9 bp nucleotides are deleted and 2 bp nucleotides (red font) are inserted. (B) Two ltv1 mutant alleles (ltv1Δ14 and ltv1Δ7) harbor frameshift mutations that are predicted to give rise to truncated Ltv1 proteins as shown. (C) WISH using ltv1 antisense RNA probe at 3 dpf. (D,E) Representative images of ltv1Δ14/Δ14 mutants and siblings at 3 and 5 dpf. (F) Alcian blue-labeled craniofacial cartilage in ventral view at 5 dpf. Abbreviations used: sb, swimming bladder; ib, intestinal bulb; y, yolk; m, Meckel’s; pq, palatoquadrate; ch, ceratohyal; cb, ceratobranchial.