Fig. 7: Deletion of Tbx5 disrupts the cellular localization of diphosphorylated myosin light chain in the dorsal pericardial wall.

a–a″ Ventral whole-mount views of E9.5 wildtype DPW stained with phalloidin (white), ppMLC (blue) and Tbx5 (red). b High magnification view of the posterior DPW in wild-type embryos; white arrows indicate the accumulation of ppMLC at the long membranes of the cells. c–c″ Ventral whole mount views of E9.5 Mef2cAHFCre;Tbx5fl/fl mutants stained with phalloidin (white), ppMLC (blue) and TBX5 (red). d High magnification view of the posterior DPW region in Mef2cAHFCre;Tbx5fl/fl embryos, showing no accumulation of ppMLC at the long membranes of the cells. Wild-type E9.5: N = 5 embryos; Mef2cAHFCre;Tbx5fl/fl: N = 4 embryos. Scale bars: 50 µm.