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HPA017214

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Anti-MELK antibody produced in rabbit

enhanced validation

Prestige Antibodies® Powered by Atlas Antibodies, affinity isolated antibody, buffered aqueous glycerol solution

Synonym(s):

Anti-Maternal embryonic leucine zipper kinase, Anti-Protein kinase PK38, Anti-hMELK, Anti-hPK38

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About This Item

UNSPSC Code:
12352203
Human Protein Atlas Number:

biological source

rabbit

Quality Level

conjugate

unconjugated

antibody form

affinity isolated antibody

antibody product type

primary antibodies

clone

polyclonal

product line

Prestige Antibodies® Powered by Atlas Antibodies

form

buffered aqueous glycerol solution

species reactivity

human

enhanced validation

recombinant expression
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technique(s)

immunohistochemistry: 1:200-1:500
western blot: 0.04-0.4 μg/mL

immunogen sequence

DIKSNNWSLEDVTASDKNYVAGLIDYDWCEDDLSTGAATPRTSQFTKYWTESNGVESKSLTPALCRTPANKLKNKENVYTPKSAVKNEEYFMFPEPKTPVNKNQHKREILTTPNRYTTPSKARNQCLKETPIKIPVNSTGTD

UniProt accession no.

shipped in

wet ice

storage temp.

−20°C

target post-translational modification

unmodified

Gene Information

human ... MELK(9833)

General description

MELK (maternal embryonic leucine zipper kinase) is a serine/threonine kinase belonging to the snf1/AMPK family of protein.

Immunogen

Maternal embryonic leucine zipper kinase recombinant protein epitope signature tag (PrEST)

Application

All Prestige Antibodies Powered by Atlas Antibodies are developed and validated by the Human Protein Atlas (HPA) project and as a result, are supported by the most extensive characterization in the industry.

The Human Protein Atlas project can be subdivided into three efforts: Human Tissue Atlas, Cancer Atlas, and Human Cell Atlas. The antibodies that have been generated in support of the Tissue and Cancer Atlas projects have been tested by immunohistochemistry against hundreds of normal and disease tissues and through the recent efforts of the Human Cell Atlas project, many have been characterized by immunofluorescence to map the human proteome not only at the tissue level but now at the subcellular level. These images and the collection of this vast data set can be viewed on the Human Protein Atlas (HPA) site by clicking on the Image Gallery link. We also provide Prestige Antibodies® protocols and other useful information.

Biochem/physiol Actions

MELK (maternal embryonic leucine zipper kinase) is involved in several processes such as preimplantation processes, cell cycle regulation, cell proliferation, apoptosis, hematopoiesis, oncogenesis, and emryonic growth. It plays a key role in the spliceosome assembly. It directly interacts with the nuclear protein during the cell cycle-regulated control of pre-mRNA splicing. It has been suggested that MELK plays an important role in cell cycle progression, which indicates its prognostic and therapeutic importance in prostate cancer.

Features and Benefits

Prestige Antibodies® are highly characterized and extensively validated antibodies with the added benefit of all available characterization data for each target being accessible via the Human Protein Atlas portal linked just below the product name at the top of this page. The uniqueness and low cross-reactivity of the Prestige Antibodies® to other proteins are due to a thorough selection of antigen regions, affinity purification, and stringent selection. Prestige antigen controls are available for every corresponding Prestige Antibody and can be found in the linkage section.

Every Prestige Antibody is tested in the following ways:
  • IHC tissue array of 44 normal human tissues and 20 of the most common cancer type tissues.
  • Protein array of 364 human recombinant protein fragments.

Linkage

Corresponding Antigen APREST71449

Physical form

Solution in phosphate-buffered saline, pH 7.2, containing 40% glycerol and 0.02% sodium azide

Legal Information

Prestige Antibodies is a registered trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

Disclaimer

Unless otherwise stated in our catalog or other company documentation accompanying the product(s), our products are intended for research use only and are not to be used for any other purpose, which includes but is not limited to, unauthorized commercial uses, in vitro diagnostic uses, ex vivo or in vivo therapeutic uses or any type of consumption or application to humans or animals.

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Storage Class Code

10 - Combustible liquids

WGK

WGK 1

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Ranjit Ganguly et al.
Molecular cancer therapeutics, 13(6), 1393-1398 (2014-05-06)
Maternal embryonic leucine zipper kinase (MELK) is a member of the snf1/AMPK family of protein serine/threonine kinases that has recently gained significant attention in the stem cell and cancer biology field. Recent studies suggest that activation of this kinase is
Pengfei Jiang et al.
International journal of molecular sciences, 14(11), 21551-21560 (2013-11-05)
Maternal embryonic leucine zipper kinase (MELK) functions as a modulator of intracellular signaling and affects various cellular and biological processes, including cell cycle, cell proliferation, apoptosis, spliceosome assembly, gene expression, embryonic development, hematopoiesis, and oncogenesis. In these cellular processes, MELK
Yusuke Goto et al.
British journal of cancer, 117(3), 409-420 (2017-06-24)
Despite recent advancements, metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) is not considered curative. Novel approaches for identification of therapeutic targets of CRPC are needed. Next-generation sequencing revealed 945-1248 miRNAs from each lethal mCRPC sample. We constructed miRNA expression signatures of CRPC
Sarah Jurmeister et al.
EMBO molecular medicine, 10(3) (2018-02-14)
Genetically engineered mouse models of cancer can be used to filter genome-wide expression datasets generated from human tumours and to identify gene expression alterations that are functionally important to cancer development and progression. In this study, we have generated RNAseq
Antonio Cigliano et al.
Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania), 56(1) (2019-12-22)
Background and Objectives: Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (iCCA) is a pernicious tumor characterized by a dismal outcome and scarce therapeutic options. To substantially improve the prognosis of iCCA patients, a better understanding of the molecular mechanisms responsible for development and progression of

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