Background: The Bcl-2 gene was isolated at the chromosomal breakpoint of t-bearing follicular B cell lymphomas. Bcl-2 blocks cell death following a variety of stimuli and confers a death-sparing effect to certain hematopoietic cell lines following growth factor withdrawal. Bcl-2 is localized to outer mitochondrial membranes and endoplasmic reticulum as well as nuclear membranes. A related protein, designated Bax p21 (for Bcl-associated X protein), has extensive amino acid homology with Bcl-2 and both homodimerizes and forms heterodimers with Bcl-2. Overexpression of Bax accelerates apoptotic death induced by cytokine deprivation in an IL-3 dependent cell line, and Bax also counters the death repressor activity of Bcl-2.
Description: Rabbit polyclonal to Bax
Immunogen: KLH conjugated synthetic peptide derived from Bax
Specificity: ·Reacts with Human, Mouse, Pig, Dog and Rat.
·Isotype: IgG
Application: ·Western blotting: 1/100-500. Predicted Mol wt: 21 kDa;
·Immunohistochemistry (Paraffin/frozen tissue section): 1/50-200;
·Immunocytochemistry/Immunofluorescence: 1/100;
·Immunoprecipitation: 1/50;
·ELISA: 1/500;
·Optimal working dilutions must be determined by the end user.