Table 1.

Drug treatment reagents and concentrations

DrugDescriptionVehicleFinal concentration
Y-27632 (Cat#281642; Santa Cruz) RoK inhibitor (Myosin) H2O 25 and 100 mM 
CK666 (Cat#3950; TOCRIS) Arp2/3 inhibitor DMSO diluted 1:20 in H2O 250 µm 
SMIFH2 (Cat#4401; TOCRIS) Formin inhibitor (Diaphanous) DMSO diluted 1:50 in H2O 50 µm 

Note: For the most severe inhibition we used (Y-27632 100 mM), the ventral furrow fails to form. Otherwise, mesoderm invagination proceeds as normal in all the backgrounds we used.

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