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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Dec 15.
Published in final edited form as: J Comp Neurol. 2016 May 19;524(18):3696–3716. doi: 10.1002/cne.24025

Table 1.

Primary antibodies used in immunohistochemistry (IHC) and western blot (WB).

Antigen Description of Immunogen Source, Host Species, Cat. #
Clone or Lot#, RRID
Dilution
Zic2 Amino acids 428–530 of human
Zic2
(SSGYESSTPPGLVSPSAEPQSSSNLSPAA
AAAAAAAAAAAAAVSAVHRGGGSGSG
GAGGGSGGGSGSGGGGGGAGGGGGGS
SGGGSGTAGGH SGLSSNFNEW)
Brown et al. (2003), rabbit
polyclonal, RRID: AB_2315623
1:10,000 (IHC)
Islet1/2 C-terminus portion amino acids 178-
349 of rat Islet1 (Karlsson et al.,1990)
(PEKTTRVRTVLNEKQLHTLRTCYAANPR
PDALMKEQLVEMTGLSPRVIRVWFQNKR
CKDKKRSIMMKQLQQQQPNDKTNIQGMT
GTPMVAASPERHDGGLQANPVEVQSYQP
PWKVLSDFALQSDIDQPAFQQLVNFSEGG
PGSNSTGSEVASMSSQLPDTPNSMVASPIE
A)
Developmental Studies
Hybridoma Bank, mouse
monoclonal, contributed by T.
Jessell, clone 39.4D5, RRID:
AB_528173
1:100 (IHC)
Connexin 43 C-terminus portion amino acids 332-
382 of human Connexin 43,
Accession# P17302
(AQPFDFPDDNQNSKKLAAGHEL
QPLAIVDQRPSSRASSRASSRPRP
DDLEI)
Santa Cruz Biotechnology, goat
polyclonal, Cat# sc-6560, clone
C-20, RRID: AB_638639
1:200 (IHC)
Na+K+-
ATPase
Recombinant protein corresponding
to amino acids 551–850 of human
Na+/K+-ATPase a1
Santa Cruz Biotechnology,
rabbit polyclonal, Cat# sc-
28800, RRID: AB_2290063
1:50 (IHC)
ZO-1 Synthetic peptide in the middle
region (amino acids 1000–1150) of
the ZO-1 protein
Thermo Fisher Scientific, rabbit
polyclonal, Cat# 40–2200,
RRID: AB_10104693
1:200 (IHC)
Otx2 Recombinant protein corresponding
to Met1-Leu289 of human Otx2
Accession # P32243
R and D Systems, goat
polyclonal, Cat# AF1979, RRID:
AB_2157172
1:200 (IHC)
P-cadherin Mouse endoderm cell line PSA5-E.
Recognizes the 118 kDa P-cadherin
by immunoblot (Nose and Takeichi, 1986)
Invitrogen, rat monoclonal, Cat#
132000Z, clone PCD-1, RRID:
AB_86574
1:500 (IHC)
Mitf N-terminal Taq-Sac fragment of
human Mi protein (corresponding to
amino acids 15–290)
Thermo Scientific, mouse
monoclonal Cat# MS-771-P0,
clone C5, RRID: AB_141540
1:500 (IHC)
Vinculin Full length human vinculin from
human uterus. Accession #P18206 :
recognized the 116 kDa vinculin by
immunoblot
Sigma-Aldrich, mouse,
monoclonal, Cat# V9131, clone
hVIN-1, RRID: AB_477629
1:1000 (WB)
Connexin 43 Synthetic peptide corresponding to
the C-terminal segment of the
cytoplasmic domain (amino acids
363–382 with N-terminally added
lysine) of human/rat connexin43
(PSSRASSRASSRPRPDDLEI)
Sigma-Aldrich, rabbit
polyclonal, Cat# C6219, RRID:
AB_476857
1:6000 (WB)
Phospho-
Connexin 43
(Ser368)
Synthetic phosphopeptide
corresponding to residues
surrounding Ser368 of human
connexin 43 (RPSSRAsSRASS)
Cell Signaling Technology,
rabbit polyclonal, Cat# 3511S,
RRID: AB_2110169
1:100 (WB)