| Various tissues |
Chromosomes/division/nuclei |
nls-GFP, histone-GFP, H2Av-mRFP1, EGFP-Cid (kinetochores) |
Davis et al. 1995; Yucel et al. 2000; Pauli et al. 2008 |
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For numerous cell components |
Numerous stains and dyes |
Molecular Probes (see “Web Resources”) |
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| Egg chambers |
Border cell migration |
GFP fluorescence |
Tekotte et al. 2007; McDonald et al. 2008 |
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Golgi units |
GalT, a GFP-tagged line |
Morin et al. 2001; Nicolas et al. 2009 |
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Microtubules |
τ-GFP, tubulin-GFP, Jupiter-GFP |
Endow and Komma 1997; Micklem et al. 1997; Grieder et al. 2000; Karpova et al. 2006 |
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mRNA transport |
MS2/MCP-RFP and GFP, Alexa Fluor 488/546-RN |
MacDougall et al. 2003; Clark et al. 2007b; Weil et al. 2008; Zimyanin et al. 2008 |
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| Testes |
Spermatogenesis, cell division |
GFP, FRAP |
Noguchi and Miller 2003 |
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| Gonads |
Gonadal cell migration |
Six4-nls-eGFP |
Clark et al. 2007a |
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| Embryos |
Lipid droplet motility |
DIC |
Welte et al. 1998 |
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Movement of Wg signal |
Wg-GFP |
Pfeiffer et al. 2002 |
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Following the movement of individual chromosome sites |
LacI-LacO-GFP |
Marshall et al. 1997 |
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General labeling of embryos |
Feeding adults rhodamine B |
I Davis (unpubl.) |
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Asymmetric cell division |
τ-GFP |
Kaltschmidt et al. 2000 |
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FRAP Llg-GFP |
Wirtz-Peitz et al. 2008 |
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Macrophage migration, wound healing |
Cytoplasmic GFP |
Stramer et al. 2005 |
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Apoptosis, neuronal cell ablation |
Caspase sensor (Apoliner), GFP |
Hidalgo and Brand 1997; Bardet et al. 2008 |
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Marking clones |
Caged-FITC-dextran |
Vincent and O’Farrell 1992 |
|
mRNA transport |
Alexa Fluor 546-RNA |
Bullock and Ish-Horowicz 2001; Wilkie and Davis 2001; Vendra et al. 2007 |
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| Larvae |
Salivary gland chromosomes |
DIC, GFP |
Vazquez et al. 2001, 2002 |
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Imaginal discs |
Argos-GFP, Dpp-GFP |
Entchev et al. 2000; Greco et al. 2001 |
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Mitochondria transport |
Mito-GFP |
Pilling et al. 2006 |
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Brain neuroblast cell cycle |
GFP trap line, centrosomin-GFP |
Rusan and Peifer 2007; Siller and Doe 2008 |
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Synapse addition |
GFP/RFP/FM dyes, FRAP-GFP |
Rasse et al. 2005; Schmid et al. 2008 |
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Dendrite morphogenesis |
Rab5-GFP, 2xFYVE-GFP |
Satoh et al. 2008 |
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PNS |
EB1-GFP, mCD8-GFP |
Rolls et al. 2007 |
|
NMJs |
Calcium sensor |
Reiff et al. 2005 |
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NMJs, vesicle trafficking |
FM1-43 |
Verstreken et al. 2008 |
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| Pupae |
Glial migration in wing disc |
UV laser ablation |
Gho et al. 1999; Aigouy et al. 2008 |
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Asymmetric cell division |
GFP |
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| Adults |
Eye in whole adult |
Rhodopsin |
Mollereau et al. 2000; Pichaud and Desplan 2001 |
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Brain |
Calcium and camgaroo, Cameleon calcium sensor |
Yu et al. 2003; Riemensperger et al. 2005; Hendel et al. 2008 |
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| aAbbreviations: DIC: differential interference contrast; eGFP: enhanced green fluorescent protein; FITC: fluorescein isothiocyanate;
FRAP: fluorescence recovery after photobleaching; GFP: green fluorescent protein; NMJs: neuromuscular junctions; PNS: peripheral
nervous system; RFP: red fluorescent protein; UV: ultraviolet.
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