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Cell Signaling Technology

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For Research Use Only. Not for Use in Diagnostic Procedures.
Applications:

WB, IP, IF-IC

REACTIVITY:

All

SENSITIVITY:

Transfected Only

MW (kDa):

SOURCE:

Rabbit

Product Information

Product Usage Information

Application Dilution
Western Blotting 1:1000
Immunoprecipitation 1:50
Immunofluorescence (Immunocytochemistry) 1:400

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.

Specificity / Sensitivity

VSV-G Tag Antibody detects recombinant proteins containing the VSV-G epitope tag. The antibody recognizes the VSV-G tag fused to either the amino or carboxy terminus of targeted proteins in transfected cells. This antibody detects a non-specific band of unknown origin at 65 kDa.

Species Reactivity:

All Species Expected

Source / Purification

Polyclonal antibodies are produced by immunizing animals with a synthetic peptide containing the vesicular stomatitis virus glycoprotein epitope (YTDIEMNRLGK). Antibodies are purified by peptide affinity chromatography.

Background

Epitope tags are useful for the labeling and detection of proteins using immunoblotting, immunoprecipitation, and immunostaining techniques. Because of their small size, they are unlikely to affect the tagged protein’s biochemical properties.

The VSV-G tag is derived from an epitope from the C-terminal region of vesicular stomatitis virus glycoprotein (1). VSV-G is widely used both as an epitope tag in expression vectors and for pseudotyping lentiviral vectors due to the stability and broad host range of the resulting pseudotypes (2,3).

  1. Kreis, T.E. (1986) EMBO J 5, 931-41.
  2. Fochi, S. et al. (2019) Front Microbiol 10, 1302.
  3. Cronin, J. et al. (2005) Curr Gene Ther 5, 387-98.

Species Reactivity

Species reactivity is determined by testing in at least one approved application (e.g., western blot).

Western Blot Buffer

IMPORTANT: For western blots, incubate membrane with diluted primary antibody in 5% w/v BSA, 1X TBS, 0.1% Tween® 20 at 4°C with gentle shaking, overnight.

Applications Key

WB: Western Blotting IP: Immunoprecipitation IF-IC: Immunofluorescence (Immunocytochemistry)

Cross-Reactivity Key

H: human M: mouse R: rat Hm: hamster Mk: monkey Vir: virus Mi: mink C: chicken Dm: D. melanogaster X: Xenopus Z: zebrafish B: bovine Dg: dog Pg: pig Sc: S. cerevisiae Ce: C. elegans Hr: horse GP: Guinea Pig Rab: rabbit All: all species expected

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VSV-G Tag Antibody

Western Blotting Image 1: VSV-G Tag Antibody Expand Image
Western blot analysis of extracts from 293T cells, untransfected (-) or transfected with amino-terminal or carboxy-terminal VSV-G Tag fusion protein (+), using VSV-G Tag Antibody (upper) and β-Actin (D6A8) Rabbit mAb #8457 (lower).
Immunoprecipitation Image 1: VSV-G Tag Antibody Expand Image
Immunoprecipitation of transfected VSV-G Tag fusion protein from 293T cell extracts. Lane 1 is 10% input, lane 2 is Normal Rabbit IgG #2729, and lane 3 is VSV-G Tag Antibody. Western blot analysis was performed using VSV-G Tag Antibody.
Immunofluorescence Image 1: VSV-G Tag Antibody Expand Image
Confocal immunofluorescent analysis of transfected HCT 116 cells (left, positive) and mock transfected HCT 116 cells (right, negative) using VSV-G Tag Antibody (green). Actin filaments were labeled with DyLight 554 Phalloidin #13054 (red). Samples were mounted in ProLong® Gold Antifade Reagent with DAPI #8961 (blue).