BUSCADOR RECOLECTA

(A) Alignment of amino acids (aa) sequences of the isoform B of Exp (aa 356–433) and homologs; the blue square indicates 8 aa highly conserved, the red square includes 9 aa less conserved. (B-D) Show projections of confocal sections and (E-F) show single confocal sections. (B) The overexpression of expΔCM2 in an exp reb mutant background rescues the lack of extracellular chitin deposition. (C, D) The simultaneous expression of expΔCM2 and GFP-kkv produces morphogenetic defects in the trachea (arrowheads in C) and ectopic chitin deposition in the lumen of salivary glands (D). (E, F) Overexpressed Exp localises mainly in the apical region (orange arrowheads) with respect the basal domain (yellow arrowheads), while the apical accumulation of overexpressed ExpΔCM2 is less conspicuous (F). (G) Quantifications of accumulation of Exp and ExpΔCM2 in apical versus basal region. n corresponds to the number of ratios analysed (apical/basal ratio per cell), and brackets indicate the number of embryos used. Ratios were obtained from the apical (orange line in E) and basal (yellow line in E) domains of single cells in trachea and salivary glands. The underlying data for quantifications can be found in the S1 Data. Scale bars B, C: 25 μm; D-F: 10 μm., Peer reviewed