Whole-cell lysates were prepared as described previously (74 (link)). CFTR was immunoprecipitated as described previously (35 (link), 73 (link)) and isolated using Protein A/G PLUS agarose (Santa Cruz Biotechnology). Samples were separated on 4–20% gradient SDS-PAGE gels (Bio-Rad) and then transferred to nitrocellulose. Blots were probed with mouse monoclonal anti-CFTR antibodies and then with IR Dye 680-goat anti-mouse IgG (Molecular Probes). Anti-actin (Cell Signaling) or anti-tubulin (LI-COR) was used as a loading control. Protein bands were visualized using an Odyssey Infrared Imaging System (LI-COR).