Genetic Studies of Spectrin in the Larval Fat Body of Drosophila melanogaster: Evidence for a Novel Lipid Uptake Apparatus

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  • Supporting Information: Figures S1-S6 (PDF, 1 MB)
  • Figure S1: Beta spectrin knockdown did not affect the size and shape of fat body cells, or the accumulation of large lipid droplets. (PDF, 602 KB)
  • Figure S2: Knockdown of alpha spectrin produced the same effects on fat body morphology as beta spectrin knockdown. (PDF, 616 KB)
  • Figure S3: Cortical lipid droplets were lost from larval fat body during starvation. (PDF, 559 KB)
  • Figure S4: Starvation susceptibility profiles of control and beta spectrin knockdown adults. (PDF, 535 KB)
  • Figure S5: Beta spectrin overexpression in the larval fat body resulted in a loss of lipophorin accumulation at the midgut, comparable to that observed with lipophorin RNAi. (PDF, 539 KB)
  • Figure S6: Effects of UAS-beta-Spec95 overexpression and lipophorin knockdown on lipophorin staining in larval fat body. (PDF, 476 KB)