Table 1.

List of antibodies used^*

	Fibrillin-1	Fibrillin-2	LTBP-2	Elastin
1st antibody	Mice anti-bovine fibrillin-1 from Abcam UK Ltd, UK, Cat. no: ab3090	Rabbit anti-human fibrillin-2 antibody (cross-reacted with bovine) from Elastin Products Company, USA, Cat. no: PR225	Rabbit anti-bovine LTBP-2 from Elastin Products Company, USA, Cat. no: PR410	Mice anti-bovine elastin from Abcam UK Ltd, UK, Cat. No: ab9519
	Dilution: 1 : 50 Buffer: 50 mm Tris–HCl plus 10 mm calcium acetate	Dilution: 1 : 50	Dilution: 1 : 50	Dilution: 1 : 5
2nd antibody	Cy3-conjugated donkey anti-mouse IgG	DyLight-488- conjugated donkey anti- rabbit IgG	DyLight-488- conjugated donkey anti- rabbit IgG	Cy3-conjugated donkey anti-mouse IgG
	(Red) Stratech Scientific Ltd, UK, Product code: 715-165-151 Dilution: 1 : 100	(Green) Stratech Scientific Ltd, Product code: 712-485-153 Dilution: 1 : 100	(Green) Stratech Scientific Ltd, Product code: 712-485-153 Dilution: 1 : 100	(Red) Stratech Scientific Ltd, UK, Product code: 715-165-151 Dilution: 1 : 100

^*Dilution with PBS unless otherwise indicated.