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AB16926

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Anti-DFF40 Antibody

Chemicon®, from rabbit

Synonym(s):

DNA Fragmentation Factor, 40 kDa Subunit, Caspase-activated DNase, CAD, CPAN

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About This Item

UNSPSC Code:
12352203
eCl@ss:
32160702
NACRES:
NA.41

biological source

rabbit

Quality Level

antibody form

affinity purified immunoglobulin

antibody product type

primary antibodies

clone

polyclonal

species reactivity

human, mouse, rat

manufacturer/tradename

Chemicon®

technique(s)

western blot: suitable

UniProt accession no.

shipped in

wet ice

target post-translational modification

unmodified

Gene Information

human ... DFFB(1677)

Specificity

Apoptosis is related to many diseases and induced by a family of cell death receptors and their ligands. Cell death signals are transduced by death domain containing adapter molecules and members of the caspase family of proteases. These death signals finally cause the degradation of chromosomal DNA by activated DNase. A mouse DNase that causes DNA fragmentation was identified recently and designated CAD (for caspase activated deoxyribonuclease) (Enari et al. 1998; Sakahira et al. 1998). The human homologue of mouse CAD was more recently identified by three groups independently and termed CPAN and DFF40 and human CAD, respectively (Halenbeck et al. 1998; Liu et al. 1998; Mukae et al. 1998). DFF45/ICAD is the inhibitory protein of DFF40/CAD (Enari et al. 1998; Sakahira et al. 1998; Liu et al. 1997) and forms complex with DFF40/CAD. Upon cleavage of DFF45/ICAD by activated caspase, DFF40/CAD is released and activated and eventually cuases the degradation of DNA in the nuclei. Activation of DFF40/CAD, which causes DNA degradation, is the hallmark of apoptotic cell death.

Immunogen

A peptide corresponding to amino acids 147-164 of mouse CAD (Enari et al. 1998). The sequence differs from human DFF40 by two amino acids (Halenbeck et al. 1998; Liu et al. 1998).

Application

Detect DFF40 using this Anti-DFF40 Antibody validated for use in WB.
Western blot: 1:500-1:1,000

K562 or Jurkat whole cell lysate can be used as a positive control and a 40 kDa band should be detected.

Optimal working dilutions must be determined by end user.

Physical form

Format: Purified

Other Notes

Concentration: Please refer to the Certificate of Analysis for the lot-specific concentration.

Legal Information

CHEMICON is a registered trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

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Storage Class Code

10 - Combustible liquids

WGK

WGK 2

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable


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AMPA-induced excitotoxicity increases nuclear levels of CAD, endonuclease G, and acinus and induces chromatin condensation in rat hippocampal pyramidal neurons.
W M Henne, S Oomman, J Attridge, V Finckbone, P Coates, R Bliss, H Strahlendorf, J Strahlendorf
Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology null
Jisheng Zhang et al.
PloS one, 6(3), e17998-e17998 (2011-03-26)
Mitochondrial dysfunction, caspase activation and caspase-dependent DNA fragmentation are involved in cell damage in many tissues. However, differentiated cardiomyocytes repress the expression of the canonical apoptotic pathway and their death during ischemia is caspase-independent. The atypical BH3-only protein Bnip3 is
Charles W Morgan et al.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 112(27), 8344-8349 (2015-06-25)
Cellular demolition during apoptosis is completed by executioner caspases, that selectively cleave more than 1,500 proteins but whose individual roles are challenging to assess. Here, we used an optimized site-specific and inducible protease to examine the role of a classic
M Enari et al.
Nature, 375(6526), 78-81 (1995-05-04)
Fas is a type-I membrane protein that transduces an apoptotic signal. Binding of Fas ligand or agonistic anti-Fas antibody to Fas kills the cells by apoptosis. Studies in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans have suggested that proteases such as interleukin-1 beta-converting
Victoria Iglesias-Guimarais et al.
The Journal of biological chemistry, 287(10), 7766-7779 (2012-01-19)
Apoptotic cell death is characterized by nuclear fragmentation and oligonucleosomal DNA degradation, mediated by the caspase-dependent specific activation of DFF40/CAD endonuclease. Here, we describe how, upon apoptotic stimuli, SK-N-AS human neuroblastoma-derived cells show apoptotic nuclear morphology without displaying concomitant internucleosomal

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