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.