A monoclonal antibody recognizing a common antigen on Drosophila embryos and human fibroblasts |
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| Authors: | G Callaini M G Riparbelli |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Evolutionary Biology, University of Siena, Italy. |
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| Abstract: | We used a monoclonal antibody specific for vimentin from human fibroblasts to stain whole mounts of Drosophila embryos. In immunofluorescence observations this antibody cross-reacts with an antigenic determinant localized throughout mitosis at the nuclear boundary. Double fluorescence observations with the Rb188 antibody that specifically recognizes a centrosomal protein of the Drosophila embryo [Whitfield et al., 1988] showed that the anti-vimentin antibody cross-reacts with an antigen localized in the centrosomal region. |
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