Research Article

Islet-1 Immunoreactivity in the Developing Retina of Xenopus laevis

Table 2

Immunoreagents, working dilutions, and sources of antibodies used in the present study.

Working dilutionAntibody suppliers (reference)

Primary antibody
 Rabbit anti-bovine rod opsin polyclonal antibody, CERN-9221 : 1000Gift from Dr. Willem J. DeGrip
 Mouse anti-Islet-1 monoclonal antibody (clone 39.4D5)1 : 200Developmental Studies Hybridoma Bank (DSHB)
 Mouse anti-SV2 monoclonal antibody1 : 200DSHB
 Rabbit anti-calbindin polyclonal antibody1 : 1000Swant (Ref. CB-38a)
 Rabbit anti-calretinin polyclonal antibody1 : 2000Swant (Ref. 7699-4)
Secondary antibodies
 Alexa Fluor 594 goat-anti-mouse IgG antibody1 : 200Molecular Probes, The Netherlands
 Alexa Fluor 488 goat-anti-rabbit IgG antibody1 : 200Molecular Probes, The Netherlands
 Anti-mouse IgG biotin conjugate1 : 200Sigma (B 7264)