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From: Immunohistochemical and ultrastructural properties of the larval ciliary band-associated strand in the sea urchin Hemicentrotus pulcherrimus

Fig. 2

The ciliary band-associated strand (CBAS) resides on the oral ectoderm side of the ciliary band. (a) Schematic aboral view of 6-arm pluteus of (B). Gray area, oral ectoderm; l- and r-ala, left- and right-anterolateral arms; l- and r-pda, left- and right-posterodorsal arms; l- and r-poa, left and right-postoral arms. (b) Confocal laser scanning microscopic image of triple-stained whole-mount immunohistochemistry of the r-pda indicated by box (b) in (A) shows the 5HT receptor (5HThpr)-expressing CBAS (red) on the oral ectoderm side (Oral) of the dopamine receptor (DRD1)-expressing ciliary band (CB; green dots). Nuclei were stained with 4′,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole (blue; DAPI). (c) High-magnification image of the CB of the r-pda indicated in (B) shows characteristic multiple lines of DRD1-positive basal bodies of the cilia. Perikarya (arrows) protrude into the oral ectoderm side (Oral). Aboral, aboral ectoderm area

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