Telomerase catalytic subunit Polyclonal Antibody, Rockland™

Rabbit Polyclonal Antibody

Supplier:  Rockland Immunochemicals 600401252

Catalog No. 50-199-1686

Description

Store vial at -20°C prior to opening. Aliquot contents and freeze at -20°C or below for extended storage. Avoid cycles of freezing and thawing. Centrifuge product if not completely clear after standing at room temperature. This product is stable for several weeks at 4°C as an undiluted liquid. Dilute only prior to immediate use. Assay by immunoelectrophoresis resulted in a single precipitin arc against anti-Rabbit Serum. Although it has been reported that this antibody reacts with mouse TERT (mTERT) (see Drissi, et al. 2001), the binding to mTERT is considerably weaker and less specific than the binding to hTERT (not shown).

Telomerase is a ribonucleoprotein polymerase that maintains telomere ends by addition of the telomere repeat TTAGGG. The enzyme consists of a protein component with reverse transcriptase activity, encoded by this gene, and an RNA component which serves as a template for the telomere repeat. Telomerase expression plays a role in cellular senescence, as it is normally repressed in postnatal somatic cells resulting in progressive shortening of telomeres. Deregulation of telomerase expression in somatic cells may be involved in oncogenesis. Studies in mouse suggest that telomerase also participates in chromosomal repair, since de novo synthesis of telomere repeats may occur at double-stranded breaks. Alternatively spliced variants encoding different isoforms of telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT) have been identified; the full-length sequence of some variants has not been determined. Alternative splicing at this locus is thought to be one mechanism of regulation of telomerase activity.

Specifications

• Antigen: Telomerase catalytic subunit
• Classification: Polyclonal
• Conjugate: Unconjugated
• Gene: TERT
• Gene Alias: CMM9; DKCA2; DKCB4; EST2; HEST2; hTERT; hTRT; PFBMFT1; RGD:70494}; TCS1; Telomerase catalytic subunit; Telomerase reverse transcriptase; telomerase reverse transcriptase beta; Telomerase-associated protein 2; TERT; tert {ECO:0000312; TP2; TR; TRT
• Host Species: Rabbit
• Regulatory Status: RUO
• Gene ID (Entrez): 7015
• Content And Storage: -20°C, Avoid Freeze/Thaw Cycles
• Form: Liquid

• Applications: ELISA, Immunofluorescence, Immunohistochemistry, Immunoprecipitation, Western Blot
• Concentration: 1 mg/mL
• Formulation: 0.02M potassium phosphate with 0.15M NaCl and 0.01% sodium azide; pH 7.2
• Gene Accession No.: O14746
• Gene Symbols: TERT
• Quantity: 100 μg
• Primary or Secondary: Primary
• Target Species: Human
• Product Type: Antibody