Invitrogen™ Tau Polyclonal Antibody

Catalog No.	Quantity
PIPA5143548	500 μL
PIPA5143582	100 μL

Catalog No. PIPA5143548 Supplier Invitrogen™ Supplier No. PA5143548

Description

Chicken Polyclonal Antibody

Tau Polyclonal Antibody for ICC/IF, IHC (P), Western Blot

Tau is a neuronal microtubule-associated protein found predominantly on axons. The function of Tau is to promote tubulin polymerization and stabilize microtubules. The C-terminus binds axonal microtubules while the N- terminus binds neural plasma membrane components, suggesting that tau functions as a linker protein between both. Axonal polarity is predetermined by TAU/MAPT localization (in the neuronal cell) in the domain of the cell body defined by the centrosome. The short isoforms allow plasticity of the cytoskeleton while the longer isoforms may preferentially play a role in its stabilization. In its hyper-phosphorylated form, Tau is the major component of paired helical filaments (PHF), the building block of neurofibrillary lesions in Alzheimer's diseases (AD) brain. Hyper-phosphorylation impairs the microtubule binding function of Tau, resulting in the destabilization of microtubules in AD brains, ultimately leading to the degeneration of the affected neurons. Numerous serine/threonine kinases phosphorylate Tau, including GSK-3beta, protein kinase A (PKA), cyclin-dependent kinase 5 (cdk5) and casein kinase II. Hyper-phosphorylated Tau is found in neurofibrillary lesions in a range and other central nervous system disorders such as Pick's disease, frontotemporal dementia, cortico-basal degeneration and progressive supranuclear palsy.

Specifications

• Antigen: Tau
• Applications: Immunohistochemistry (Paraffin), Western Blot, Immunocytochemistry
• Classification: Polyclonal
• Concentration: Conc. Not Determined
• Conjugate: Unconjugated
• Formulation: PBS with 0.02% sodium azide
• Gene: MAPT
• Gene Accession No.: P10636, P10637, P19332, P29172
• Gene Alias: AI413597; AW045860; DDPAC; FLJ31424; FTDP17; FTDP-17; G protein beta1/gamma2 subunit-interacting factor 1; map tau; Mapt; MAPTL; MGC138549; microtubule associated protein tau; microtubule-associated protein tau; microtubule-associated protein tau, isoform 4; microtubules; MSTD; Mtapt; MTBT1; MTBT2; Neurofibrillary tangle protein; neurofibrillary tangles; Neuronal Marker; paired helical filament-tau; PHFtau; PHF-tau; PPND; PPP1R103; protein phosphatase 1, regulatory subunit 103; pTau; RNPTAU; Tau; Tau microtubule-associated protein; tau protein; Tau-4; Tau5; Unknown (protein for MGC:134287)
• Gene Symbols: MAPT
• Host Species: Chicken
• Immunogen: Recombinant full length version of the shortest human Tau isoform purified from E. coli.
• Quantity: 500 μL
• Regulatory Status: RUO
• Primary or Secondary: Primary
• Gene ID (Entrez): 100054638, 100738351, 17762, 281296, 29477, 4137
• Target Species: Bovine, Horse, Human, Mouse, Pig, Rat
• Content And Storage: 4°C
• Product Type: Antibody
• Form: Liquid
• Isotype: IgY