Dissected
Drosophila tissues or C2C12 cells grown on coverslips were rinsed in PBS (Lonza 17-512F) and fixed in 4% paraformaldehyde (Sigma P6148) for 20 min at room temperature. Following fixation, the samples were washed four times (×10 min) in PBS and blocked with blocking buffer: 5% normal goat serum (NGS; Abcam
AB7681) in PBS with 0.1% TritonX-100 (PBST). The samples were incubated with primary antibody overnight at 4 °C, washed four times (x10 min) with 0.1% PBST, incubated with secondary antibody for 2 h at room temperature followed by 0.1% PBST washes. Samples were mounted onto slides using either ProLong
® Gold Antifade mounting reagent (Invitrogen P36930) or
Fluoroshield (Sigma F6057).
Primary and secondary antibodies were prepared in blocking buffer.
Primary antibodies:
Cy3-conjugated anti-HRP (1:100, Jackson ImmunoResearch 123-165-021);
Rabbit anti-FLAG (1:500, Sigma F7425); Mouse anti-hnRNPM 2A6 (1:100; Santa Cruz sc-20001);
Rabbit anti-MATR3 (1:500; Abcam ab151714)
Secondary antibodies:
Goat anti-rabbit Alexa Fluor 488 (1:1000; Invitrogen A11008);
Goat anti-mouse Alexa Fluor 546 (1:1000; Invitrogen A11030)
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