Cat. No.: 449 004
Amount: 100 µl
Price:
$365.00
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| Cat. No. 449 004 |
100 µl antiserum, lyophilized. For reconstitution add 100 µl H2O, then aliquot and store at -20°C until use. Antibodies should be stored at +4°C when still lyophilized. Do not freeze! |
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| Immunogen | Synthetic peptide corresponding to AA 3 to 12 from mouse Smooth muscle Actin (UniProt Id: P62737) |
| Reactivity |
Reacts with: mouse (P62737), rat (P62738), human (P62736). Other species not tested yet. |
| Specificity | Specific for alpha-smooth muscle actin, no cross- reactivity to alpha skeletal muscle actin and alpha cardiac muscle actin |
| Data sheet | 449_004.pdf |
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Alpha-smooth muscle actin (alpha-SMA) is found on smooth muscle vessel walls, gut wall, myometrium, myoepithelial cells in breast, and salivary glands. It is abundant in vascular and visceral smooth muscle cells. (1)
Alpha-smooth muscle actin (alpha-SMA) is the actin isoform that predominates within vascular smooth-muscle cells and plays an important role in fibrogenesis.
Actin can be found in two different forms of aggregation, the globular or the fibrillar state, and at least six distinct isoforms occur in vertebrates. The actins exhibit over 90% sequence homology, but each isoform has a unique NH2- terminal sequence. The isoforms are comprised of three alpha actins (skeletal, cardiac, smooth), one beta actin (beta-non-muscle) and two gamma actins (gamma smooth muscle and gamma non-muscle). (2)