Immunocytochemical studies on light-induced changes in phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate immunoreactivity in the visual system of normal and norpA mutant of Drosophila.

Abstract excerpt

The distribution of phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PIP2) in the visual system of Drosophila was studied by indirect immunofluorescence staining using a monoclonal antibody against PIP2. The retina of the compound eye and the cortical regions of the optic lobe were heavily stained by the antibody. In the retina, photoreceptor cells were stained with the antibody, but non-neuronal cells such as pigment...

Topics

• Animals
• Antibodies, Monoclonal
• Drosophila melanogaster
• Immunohistochemistry
• Light
• Mutation
• Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-Diphosphate
• Phosphatidylinositols
• Photoreceptor Cells
• Retina