Rapid preparation of a panel of polyclonal antibodies to Drosophila segmentation proteins

被引:217
作者
Kosman, D
Small, S
Reinitz, J
机构
[1] CUNY Mt Sinai Sch Med, Brookdale Ctr Mol Biol, New York, NY 10029 USA
[2] NYU, Dept Biol, New York, NY 10003 USA
关键词
Drosophila; gene regulation; segmentation; immunological methods;
D O I
10.1007/s004270050184
中图分类号
Q2 [细胞生物学];
学科分类号
071009 ; 090102 ;
摘要
We describe a method for rapidly raising a panel of high quality polyclonal antibodies from bacterially expressed proteins. Approximately 1 2/3 days of preparation is required per protein. One step that speeds up the procedure is the visualization of purified bands by precipitated sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS). Antigenicity of the purified recombinant proteins may be increased by precipitation in double-distilled water. The results of using the serums obtained for fluorescent staining of Drosophila embryos are shown.
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页数:5
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