Aedes cadherin receptor that mediates Bacillus thuringiensis Cry11A toxicity is essential for mosquito development
Fig 5
AaeCad protein is localized primarily in gastric caecae and posterior midgut of early 4th instar larvae.
A. Whole mount images under low magnification showed that strong AaeCad-EGFP expression in the gastric caecae (GC) and posterior midgut cell membrane. B. Cross section images showed high AaeCad-EGFP expression in the gastric caecae (GC) and posterior midgut and low expression in the anterior midgut. In the gastric caecae and midgut, EGFP-tagged AaeCad is specifically expressed in the epithelial cell membrane. DAPI stains the nucleus. All images were collected using an SP5 Inverted confocal microscope. Bar: 50μm.
