Target genes sizzled and bambia respond to BMP in a concentration-dependent manner.(A) Representative pSmad5 immunostaining intensities of disassociated cells from bmp7 mutants and bmp7 mutants treated with 5 or 20 ng/ml BMP2/7 protein. (B, C) Representative FISH for sizzled(B) and bambia(C) in bmp7 mutants and bmp7 mutants treated with 5 or 20 ng/ml BMP2/7 protein. (D) Table displaying the proportion of cells above the predicted pSmad5 threshold for sizzled (60 A.U.) in each condition, and the proportion of cells expressing sizzled in each condition. Cells with greater than 10% of maximum signal intensity are considered to be expressing sizzled. (E) Table displaying the proportion of cells above the predicted pSmad5 threshold for bambia (7 A.U.) in each condition, and the proportion of cells expressing bambia in each condition. Cells with greater than 10% of maximum signal intensity are considered to be expressing bambia. A.U. is arbitrary units. BMP, Bone Morphogenetic Protein; FISH, fluorescent in situ hybridization; pSmad5, phosphorylated Smad5.
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