Table 1.

Antibodies used to characterize molecular complexes and organelles involved in protein synthesis

Organelles/Molecular complexesConcentrationReference
Endoplasmic reticulum
 BiP (mAb)1:200StressGen Biotech, Victoria, Canada
Initiation factor
 eIF-2β (rabbit)1:200Bommer et al., 1988
Ribosomes
 Ribosomal P proteins (human)1:500Elkon et al., 1985
Intermediate compartment and cis-Golgi
 rab1 (rabbit)1:100Saraste et al., 1995
Golgi apparatus
 CTR 433 (mAb)1:50Jasmin et al., 1989
 TGN 38 (rabbit)1:500Wilde et al., 1992
Presynaptic markers
 Synapsin (rabbit)1:1000Bloom et al., 1979; De Camilli et al., 1979
 Synaptophysin (mAb)1:20Boehringer Mannheim, Indianapolis, IN