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M7648

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Anti-Myosin (Skeletal and Smooth) antibody produced in rabbit

whole antiserum

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About This Item

MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352203
NACRES:
NA.41

biological source

rabbit

Quality Level

conjugate

unconjugated

antibody form

whole antiserum

antibody product type

primary antibodies

clone

polyclonal

contains

15 mM sodium azide

species reactivity

animal, human

technique(s)

indirect immunofluorescence: 1:10 using cultured fibroblasts

UniProt accession no.

shipped in

dry ice

storage temp.

−20°C

target post-translational modification

unmodified

Gene Information

General description

Myosin is a 500 kD protein that interacts with actin in muscle and in non-muscle cells. It is characterized with two identical heavy chains (200 kD each) and four light chains (15-20 kD each). Myosin molecules consist of two major regions; the tail (rod) and head. These molecules aggregate into filaments through the tail region and interact with actin and ATP through the head region.

Specificity

Shows a pattern of staining along stress fibers of cultured human and animal fibroblasts.

Immunogen

whole myosin (heavy and light chains) from bovine uterus.

Application

Anti-Myosin (Skeletal and Smooth) antibody produced in rabbit has been used in indirect immunofluorescence labeling.

Biochem/physiol Actions

Myosin plays a vital role in neurosensory and cortical function, membrane vesicle trafficking and determinant partitioning. Myosins with actin-stimulated ATPase activity is essential for various cellular movements. Myosins I and V mediates vesicle translocation. Myosin II with a long rod like tail domain, assembles into a bipolar thick filament and facilitate muscle contraction.

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Storage Class Code

12 - Non Combustible Liquids

WGK

nwg

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable


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Anke Oertel et al.
Cell biology international, 27(12), 977-986 (2003-12-04)
Myosin was detected on Western blots of Micrasterias denticulata extracts by use of antibodies from different sources. Inhibitors with different targets of the actomyosin system, such as the myosin ATPase-blockers N-ethylmaleimide (NEM) and 2,3-butanedione monoxime (BDM), or the myosin light
Jenny Krönström et al.
Cell and tissue research, 336(2), 299-308 (2009-04-03)
Inside the light organs of the bioluminescent (light-producing) crustacean Meganyctiphanes norvegica (krill), numerous capillaries drain haemolymph into the light-producing structure (lantern). We have investigated the arrangement and function of filamentous material found around the opening of the capillaries. These have
Root hair formation: F-actin-dependent tip growth is initiated by local assembly of profilin-supported F-actin meshworks accumulated within expansin-enriched bulges
Baluska F, et al.
Developmental Biology, 227(2), 618-632 (2000)
Myosin: The Actin Motor Protein
Molecular Cell Biology, 10(1), 80-86 (2000)
Torsten Wollert et al.
The Journal of cell biology, 159(4), 571-577 (2002-11-20)
It is widely believed that microtubule- and F-actin-based transport of cytoplasmic organelles and membrane fusion is down-regulated during mitosis. Here we show that during the transition of Xenopus egg extracts from interphase to metaphase myosin V-driven movement of small globular

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