Left-right asymmetry is lost in CaMK-II morphants. (A) Lateral images of representative morphant embryos at 24 hpf and of Sox17-K43A GFP CaMK-II cDNA-injected embryos at shield stage, 12 somites and 24 hpf include fluorescent (GFP) images. (B) Organ asymmetry was scored for embryos injected with 5 ng mismatch, 1.5 ng camk2aKAP, 1.5 ng camk2b2, 1.25 ng camk2g1 MOs and 150 pg Sox17-GFP-CaMK-II K43A cDNA; n=87-233 per condition. (C) Representative dorsal views of camk2g1 morphant embryos stained with probes for cmlc2 (cardiac, 24 hpf), foxa3 (visceral organ, 48 hpf) and lefty1 (epithalamus, <24 somites). (D) Ca2+/CaM-dependent CaMK-II activity in pmoles/minute/mg were determined by peptide assays on 24 hpf lysates after injection with the indicated MO or cDNA.
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