Molecular Characterization and Expression of α-Globin and β-Globin Genes in the Euryhaline Flounder (Platichthys flesus)
Figure 5
In situ hybridization for α1-globin, α2-globin, and β-globin in kidney of FW- and SW-adapted flounder. Abundant α1-globin and β-globin gene expression in haematopoietic stroma of FW-adapted flounder is shown with antisense α1-globin and β-globin 35S RNA probes, and α1-globin and β-globin mRNA was not detected in SW-adapted flounder. α2-globin mRNA was not detected in either of FW- and SW-adapted flounder kidney using an antisense α2-globin 35S RNA probe. The haematopoietic stroma with abundant globins expression are indicated by solid arrows. PT: proximal tubule.
