Here's an example of using Morpholinos to validate target specificity of antibodies.
Belgacem YH, Borodinsky LN. Inversion of Sonic hedgehog action on its canonical pathway by electrical activity. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015 Mar 31;112(13):4140-5. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1419690112. Epub 2015 Mar 17.
http://www.pnas.org/content/112/13/4140.long
"To prove specificity of anti-Gli2 and anti-Gli3 antibodies used in this study, X. laevis Gli2- and Gli3-targeted translation-blocking morpholinos (Gli2-MO: GCACAGAACGCAGGTAATGCTCCAT; Gli3-MO: GACTGGGCTTCCATGTTGTCTTCTC) were unilaterally (Gli2-MO) or bilaterally (Gli3-MO) injected at the two-cell-stage. Embryos were processed for Western blot or immunohistochemistry assays and probed with indicated antibodies."
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