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Brn2/POU3F2 Antibody #8773

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    Product Specifications

    REACTIVITY H R
    SENSITIVITY Endogenous
    MW (kDa) 55
    SOURCE Rabbit
    Application Key:
    • WB-Western Blotting 
    • IP-Immunoprecipitation 
    Species Cross-Reactivity Key:
    • H-Human 
    • R-Rat 

    Product Information

    Product Usage Information

    Application Dilution
    Western Blotting 1:1000
    Immunoprecipitation 1:100

    Storage

    Supplied in 10 mM sodium HEPES (pH 7.5), 150 mM NaCl, 100 µg/ml BSA and 50% glycerol. Store at –20°C. Do not aliquot the antibody.

    Protocol

    Specificity / Sensitivity

    Brn2/POU3F2 Antibody recognizes endogenous levels of total Brn2/POU3F2 protein.

    Species Reactivity:

    Human, Rat

    The antigen sequence used to produce this antibody shares 100% sequence homology with the species listed here, but reactivity has not been tested or confirmed to work by CST. Use of this product with these species is not covered under our Product Performance Guarantee.

    Species predicted to react based on 100% sequence homology:

    Mouse

    Source / Purification

    Polyclonal antibodies are produced by immunizing animals with a synthetic peptide corresponding to residues surrounding Ala208 of human Brn2/POU3F2 protein. Antibodies are purified by protein A and peptide affinity chromatography.

    Background

    Brn2/POU3F2 is a POU domain-containing transcription factor involved in neuronal differentiation and activation of the corticotrophin-releasing hormone gene (1,2). In mice, disruption of the Brn2 gene results in loss of specific neuronal lineages in the hypothalamus (3). In addition to its role in mammalian neurogenesis, Brn2 has also been implicated in melanoma tumorigenesis and has been shown in the literature to be overexpressed in human melanoma cells compared to normal melanocytes (4,5). Recent studies also identify Brn2 as a transcription factor playing an important role in keratinocyte differentiation (6). Recent reports demonstrate that overexpression of three transcription factors (Brn2, Ascl1, and Myt1L) can directly convert human fibroblasts into functional neurons under precisely defined conditions (7,8).

    Alternate Names

    Brain-2; Brain-specific homeobox/POU domain protein 2; Brn-2; BRN2; N-Oct3; Nervous system-specific octamer-binding transcription factor N-Oct-3; Oct-7; OCT7; Octamer-binding protein 7; Octamer-binding transcription factor 7; OTF-7; OTF7; PO3F2; POU class 3 homeobox 2; POU domain, class 3, transcription factor 2; POU3F2; POUF3

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