Materials
| Name | Company | Catalog Number | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexa Fluor 546 phalloidin | Invitrogen | A22283 | F-Actin Stain (1/500 of 66μM) |
| Alexa Fluor 647 phalloidin | Invitrogen | A22287 | F-Actin Stain (1/100 of 66μM)) |
| Anti-GM130 Antibody | abcam | ab30637 | For Golgi Stain (colocalization); use as concentration of 7μg/uL |
| Aqua-Polymount | Polysciences, Inc. | 1860620 | Mounting Medium |
| Bakers Yeast (Active Dry Yeast) | Genesee Scientific | 62–103 | To fatten the overies for dissection |
| Bovine Serum Albumin (30% solution) | Sigma-Aldrich | A7284 | For blocking solution |
| Depression wells | Electron Microscopy Sciences | 7156101 | For dissection (glass concavity slide can be used instead) |
| Dissecting needle | Fisher scientifc | 13–820-024 | |
| Drosophila Incubator | Genesee Scientific/Invictus | ||
| Fly Stock: Perlecan-GFP Drosophila line (ZCL1700) | Morin et al., 2001 | ||
| Fly Stock: UAS-Crag RNAi line (TRIP line HMS00241) | Bloomington Drosophila Stock Center | 33594 | RNAi against Crag |
| Fly Stock: Viking-GFP Drosophila line (CC00791) | Buszczak et al., 2007 | ||
| Fly Stock: Vkg-GFP, tj-Gal4 | Devergne et al., 2017. Drive the expression of Crag RNAi in the FE | ||
| Forceps (Dumont 5) | Fine Science Tools | 11251–30 | For dissection |
| Glass Concavity Slide | Electron Microscopy Sciences | 7187804 | For dissection (depression wells can be used instead) |
| Goat anti-Rabbit IgG, Alexa Fluor 568 | Invitrogen | A11036 | Secondary antibody (GM130 antibody) (5 μg/mL) |
| Hoechst (Hoechst 33342) | Invitrogen | H3570 | DNA Stain (1 ug/mL) |
| Kimwipes | Kimtech | Fisher Scientific: 06–666 | Delicate task wipers |
| Leica Fluorescent Stereo Microscope M165 FC | Leica | For ovary imaging | |
| Microscope Slides | Corning | 294875X25 | Microscope Slides |
| Nutating platform rocker | Corning Life Sciences | 6720 | For ovary fixation and staining |
| Nutri-Fly BF | Genesee Scientific | 66–121 | Fly Food |
| Paraformaldehyde 20% Solution | Electron Microscopy Sciences | Fisher Scientific: 15713 | For PFA 4% |
| Phosphate Buffered Saline Tablets | Fisher scientific | BP2944100 | For PBS solution |
| ProLong Glass Antifade Mountant | Invitrogen | P36980 | Mounting Medium |
| Square Cover Glass | Corning | 285022 | Cover glass for microscope slides |
| Triton x-100 | Sigma-Aldrich | 9036–19-5 | For PBST |
| Zeiss LSM 900 with Airyscan 2 | Zeiss | Confocal and super-resolution Microscope | |
| Zeiss Stemi 305 Stereo Microscope | Zeiss | Dissecting microscope | |
| Zeiss Zen Software version 3.3 (Blue Edition) | Zeiss | Image acquisition and processing |