"we examined the distribution of multiple markers of epithelial polarity in vulval cells. These markers were: LET-413, which is localized to basolateral domains and apical junctions (Legouis et al., 2000), HMP-1 (-catenin), which is cytoplasmic with enrichment at apical junctions (Raich et al., 1999), DLG-1, which is localized to apical junctions (Bossinger et al., 2001; Kppen et al., 2001; McMahon et al., 2001), PAR-6, which is localized to the apical cell surface (Bossinger et al., 2001; McMahon et al., 2001), and PAR-3, which colocalizes with PAR-6 at the apical surface (Bossinger et al., 2001; Michaux et al., 2001) and is punctate at apical junctions (this study). We found no detectable differences in the localization of any of these proteins [Fig. 5, and unpublished results; a minimum of 5 control and 5
par-1(RNAi) larvae were examined for each]."