Rabbitpolyclonalantibody
- Size:
- 100µl
- Formulation:
- Neatserum
- Specificity:
- Rat,Mouse,Human
- Applications:
- WB1:5,000IF1:500
- Species:
- Rabbit
- MolecularReference:
- ~240kDa
- CiteThisAntibody:
- PhosphoSolutionsCat#99-A2SR,RRID:AB_2492031
Antigen/Purification:Collapse
Theantigenisa recombinantconstructcontainingtheseventh,eighthandninthrepeatsofhumanalphaIIspectrinexpressedinandpurifiedfromE.Coli.
Theantibodyis neatserum.
BIOLOGicalSignificance:Collapse
Thespectrinfamilyofcytoskeletalproteinsiscomprisedof2alphagenes(α1andα2)andfivebetagenes(β1-β5).Spectrinshavebeenshowntofunctionasscaffoldingproteinsinmechanicalsupportoftheplasmamembraneaswellasbindothermembraneproteinsandlipids(BennettandBaines2001).Defectsinspectringeneshavebeenlinkedtosomeformsofhereditaryspherocytosis,atypeofauto-hemolyticanemiawhichischaracterizedbysphericalredbloodcellsthataremorepronetolysis(EberandLux2004).
Storage
100µlneatserum.
Forlongtermstorage–20°Cisrecommendedinundilutedaliquots.Stableat–20°Cforatleast1year.Avoidfreeze/thawcycles.
GeneralReferences
BennettV&BainesAJ.(2001)Spectrinandankyrin-basedpathways:metazoaninventionsforintegratingcellsintotissues.PhysiolRev.81:1353-92.
EberS&LuxSE.(2004)Hereditaryspherocytosis–defectsinproteinsthatconnectthemembraneskeletontothelipidbilayer.SeminHematol41:118-41.
