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PAX8 (BC12) Mouse Monoclonal Antibody #28556

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    Product Specifications

    REACTIVITY H
    SENSITIVITY Endogenous
    MW (kDa)
    Source/Isotype Mouse IgG1
    Application Key:
    • IHC-Immunohistochemistry 
    Species Cross-Reactivity Key:
    • H-Human 

    Product Information

    Product Usage Information

    Application Dilution
    Immunohistochemistry (Paraffin) 1:200 - 1:800

    Storage

    Supplied in a Tris-based buffer with ~1% BSA and less than 0.1% sodium azide. Stable for 12 months when stored at 4°C. Do not aliquot the antibody.

    Note: This product is only available in the format listed above. We are unable to provide this in a carrier free, custom formulation.

    Protocol

    Specificity / Sensitivity

    PAX8 (BC12) Mouse Monoclonal Antibody recognizes endogenous levels of PAX8 protein.

    Species Reactivity:

    Human

    Source / Purification

    Monoclonal antibody is produced by immunizing animals with the full-length human recombinant PAX8 protein.

    Background

    Paired box (PAX) proteins are a family of transcription factors that play important and diverse roles in animal development (1). Nine PAX proteins (PAX1-9) have been described in humans and other mammals. They are defined by the presence of an amino-terminal "paired" domain, consisting of two helix-turn-helix motifs, with DNA binding activity (2). PAX proteins are classified into four structurally distinct subgroups (I-IV) based on the absence or presence of a carboxy-terminal homeodomain and a central octapeptide region. Subgroup I (PAX1 and 9) contains the octapeptide but lacks the homeodomain; subgroup II (PAX2, 5, and 8) contains the octapeptide and a truncated homeodomain; subgroup III (PAX3 and 7) contains the octapeptide and a complete homeodomain; and subgroup IV (PAX4 and 6) contains a complete homeodomain but lacks the octapeptide region (2). PAX proteins play critically important roles in development by regulating transcriptional networks responsible for embryonic patterning and organogenesis (3); a subset of PAX proteins also maintain functional importance during postnatal development (4). Research studies have implicated genetic mutations that result in aberrant expression of PAX genes in a number of cancer subtypes (1-3), with members of subgroups II and III identified as potential mediators of tumor progression (2).
    PAX8 is involved in the development of thyroid follicular cells and the expression of thyroid-specific genes (5). Investigators have associated mutations in the PAX8 gene with thyroid dysgenesis, thyroid follicular carcinomas, and atypical follicular thyroid adenomas (6,7).

    Alternate Names

    paired box 8; Paired box protein Pax-8; paired domain gene 8; PAX8

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