Proteins were produced using
TNT™ Quick Coupled /Translation System (Promega) according to the manufacturer's instructions. Probe annealing and experiments were carried out as described before (41 (
link)) for mouse DMRT1 and with some modifications for GATA4 and SOX9. For SOX9 binding assay, the non-specific competitor dI-dC was replaced by poly(dG-dC) (GE Healthcare). Mouse GATA4 was
in vitro translated using as template the pCS2
+mGATA4 plasmid, a generous gift from Dr Sergei Tevosian.
For Figure
4, the top strand probes were:
Lats2: 5΄-ggCCGAGCGGGACATTCGCTACATTGTTGGCATTCCACGGGCG-3΄
Lmo4: 5΄-ggCATCTCCCATTATTGTTCCAAATCTCATTTCATTTTGAA-3΄
Mrpl45: 5΄-ggGTTTTTTTCACCGATTGTAAATAAGGTGTAACAATGTGTTAAGGAACCAGGA-3΄
DMRT1 BS (12 (
link)): 5΄-ggGGGAGATTTGATACATTGTTACTTTATGG-3΄
GATA4 BS (42 (
link)): 5΄-ggGGGGCTTTGGTCTCAGCTTATCAAACTGCCCTG-3΄
SOX9 BS (43 (
link)): 5΄-ggGTTGACAGAACAATGGCTGCTAGA-3΄
The ‘g’ nucleotides at C-terminus were added for probe labelling with Klenow DNA polymerase and α [
32P]-dCTP.