Steller, Hermann (2021). CIL:187, Drosophila melanogaster, spermatid. In Cell Image Library. UC San Diego Library Digital Collections. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.6075/J01R6PRR

The image shows a developing Drosophila spermatid immunostained for caspase activity (green). TRITC-phalloidin is used to label actin (red). Caspase is required in spermiogenesis for the elimination of unwanted organelles and cytoplasm via apoptosis.

• 2021

• Steller, Hermann

See E. Arama et al. 2003 Caspase activity and a specific cytochrome C are required for sperm differentiation in Drosophila. Dev. Cell 4:687-697.

Preparation: formaldehyde fixed tissue; ethanol fixed tissue
Relation to intact cell: whole mounted tissue
Item type: charge coupled device (CCD)
Imaging mode: fluorescence microscopy
Parameter imaged: fluorescence emission
Source of contrast: distribution of epitope
Visualization methods: Tetramethyl rhodamine (TRITC)
Data qualification: Processed

• Drosophila melanogaster

• Cytoplasm
• Spermatid

• Spermatogenesis

• data
• image

• No linguistic content; Not applicable

Samplenumber: 187

Doi: https://doi.org/10.6075/J01R6PRR

Source data

• Source Record in the Cell Image Library: https://doi.org/10.7295/W9CIL187

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