Fig. 2. Seam cells fail to restore contacts in nhr-25(RNAi) L1 worms. Confocal sections are shown with adherens junctions visualized by using the anti-DLG-1 antibody (Bossinger et al., 2001). The images were taken approximately 3 hours (A), 5 hours (B), 7 hours (C) and 9 hours (D) after hatching. Examples of V and P cells are shown. Anterior seam-cell daughters fusing with the hyp7 syncytium are indicated with arrows. Arrowheads mark seam-cell elongation and the restoration of their mutual contacts. Anterior is to the left, dorsal up. Bars, 10 µm; bar in A applies to all panels except I.