Response to Berbey et al 
, Journal of Biological Chemestry, 2009, Oct 29
NIcolas Tajeddine, Nadège Zanou, Monique Van Schoor, Jean Lebacq, Philippe Gailly Laboratory of Cell Physiology, Institute of Neurosciences, Université catholique de Louvain, 55/40 av. Hippocrate, 1200 Brussels, Belgium Contact: Philippe.Gailly
TRPC1 immunolabeling
Flexor Digitorum Brevis muscle fibers were isolated from WT and TRPC1-deficient mice (1) (upper and lower panels respectively) and fixed and immunolabeled as decribed in (2) with anti-TRPC1 antibody (Chemicon). We observed a striated pattern in both groups (large staining in A-bands and faint staining in M-bands, as shown on the profile curves, performed along the red line). Similar results were obtained on longitudinal sections of paraffin-embedded EDL muscles (not shown).
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