Fig. 5. Tube formation by BAE expressing FL-DG or ßDG. (A) The same number of cells transfected with vector alone (vectgor) or overexpressing DG (FL-DG) or truncated ßDG (ßDG) were seeded on Matrigel. The phase contrast images of the culture bed at the indicated times are shown. (B) Levels of endogenous ßDG expression in vector-transfected cells. Membrane fractions were prepared from cells cultured on Matrigel for the times indicated. They were analyzed by anti-ßDG western blotting. 10 µg of protein was loaded on each lane. Anti-actin immunoblot is used as loading control. The arrowhead indicates the 43kDa ßDG band. Both in (A) and (B), the results obtained in a single experiment are shown. Similar findings were obtained on two other occasions.

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