RetImage and Protocol Courtesy of Kim Carnes, UIUC. Western Blot from PLoS Biol. 2007 March; 5(3): e39. Rudiger et al. |
"The Ret stains the spermatagonial stem cells very specifically, which is exactly what we need."
Image: Western blot analysis of Ret protein levels in protein lysates from SNpc (top) and striatum (bottom) of 3-mo-old control (Retlx/+and DAT-Retlx/+) and DAT-Retlx/lx mutant mice. Immunoblots were reprobed with anti–α-tubulin antibodies as loading controls.