Isolation and characterization of gap junctions from Drosophila melanogaster.
Cell Tissue Res
; 256(1): 7-16, 1989 Apr.
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A procedure has been developed to isolate gap junction-enriched subcellular fractions from Drosophila. Crude membranes from larval homogenates were extracted with 1% N-lauroyl sarcosine in 6 M urea and the gap junctions were collected by centrifugation. The major proteins were separated by SDS PAGE and purified by electro-elution. Electron microscopy revealed structurally pleiomorphic gap junctions in the fractions which included (1) conventional, 16-18 nm-wide septalaminar, (2) collapsed, 13-15 nm-wide pentalaminar, (3) split, and (4) aggregated forms. The fractions contained five major proteins with apparent molecular weights of 18, 26, 36, 52 and 54 kD. Evidence based on (1) the degradation and aggregation behavior of the major proteins following electro-elution and reelectrophoresis, (2) immunological cross-reactivities by affinity-purified antibodies against the major proteins on immunoblots, and (3) immunofluorescent staining of presumptive gap junctions in Drosophila imaginal discs at the light-microscopic level and immunogold staining of purified gap junctions at the electron-microscopic level suggests that the major proteins are interrelated and of gap-junction origin.
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Drosophila melanogaster
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Uniones Intercelulares
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Proteínas del Tejido Nervioso
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Animals
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Cell Tissue Res
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1989
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Alemania