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Monoclonal Anti-β-Actin antibody produced in mouse

clone AC-15, ascites fluid

Synonym(s):

Monoclonal Anti-β-Actin, Anti beta actin monoclonal antibody

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About This Item

UNSPSC Code:
12352203
NACRES:
NA.41

biological source

mouse

Quality Level

conjugate

unconjugated

antibody form

ascites fluid

antibody product type

primary antibodies

clone

AC-15, monoclonal

mol wt

antigen 42 kDa

contains

15 mM sodium azide

species reactivity

sheep, carp, feline, chicken, rat, mouse, Hirudo medicinalis, rabbit, canine, pig, human, bovine, guinea pig

should not react with

Dictyostelium discoideum

technique(s)

immunohistochemistry (formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded sections): suitable
indirect ELISA: suitable
indirect immunofluorescence: 1:1,000-1:2,000 using cultured human or chicken fibroblasts
western blot: 1:5,000-1:10,000 using cultured human or chicken fibroblast cell extracts

isotype

IgG1

UniProt accession no.

application(s)

research pathology

shipped in

dry ice

storage temp.

−20°C

target post-translational modification

unmodified

Gene Information

human ... ACTB(60)
mouse ... Actb(11461)
rat ... Actb(81822)

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General description

In staining of chicken gizzard ultrathin tissue cryosections, the antibody labels the dense bodies and longitudinal channels linking consecutive dense bodies that are also occupied by desmin and the membrane-associated dense plaque. It does not stain adult cardiac and skeletal muscles except for traces due to contaminations of the sample with non-muscle cells, or if embryonic tissue is being used.
Monoclonal Anti-β-Actin (mouse IgG1 isotype) is derived from the AC-15 hybridoma produced by the fusion of mouse myeloma cells and splenocytes from an immunized mouse. Actin is one of the most conserved eukaryotic proteins, it is expressed in mammals and birds as at least six isoforms. Four of them represent the differentiation markers of muscle tissues and two are found practically in all cells. There are three α-actins (α-skeletal, α-cardiac, and α-smooth muscle), one β-actin (β-nonmuscle), and two γ-actins (γ-smooth muscle and γ-non-muscle). Actin isoforms show >90% overall sequence homology, but only 50−60% homology in their 18 NH2-terminal residues. The NH2-terminal region of actin appears to be a major antigenic region and may be involved in the interaction of actin with other proteins such as myosin. The antibody can be used for staining of acetone-fixed frozen sections, EM preparations, and microinjection experiments. B5, ethanol, methacam, or Bouin′s solutions can be used as fixatives. The epitope recognized by the antibody is resistant to formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedding.

Specificity

Monoclonal Anti β-Actin antibody recognizes an epitope located on the N-terminal end of the β-isoform of actin. The antibody specifically labels β-actin in a wide variety of tissues and species using immunoblotting (42 kDa), immunofluorescent staining of cultured cell lines, and immunohistochemistry.

Immunogen

slightly modified β-cytoplasmic actin N-terminal peptide, Ac-Asp-Asp-Asp-Ile-Ala-Ala-Leu-Val-Ile-Asp-Asn-Gly-Ser-Gly-Lys, conjugated to KLH.

Application

Monoclonal Anti-β-Actin antibody produced in mouse has also been used:
  • in immunofluorescence staining
  • in immunoblotting
  • in immunohistochemistry
  • as a control for protein arrays
Monoclonal mouse anti-actin antibody was used as a loading control for western blot analysis of immunoprecipitated proteins from rat dorsal root ganglion cocultures.
Monoclonal mouse anti-actin was used as a loading control for western blot analysis of rat liver protein lysates.

Biochem/physiol Actions

Actin and myosin are constituents of many cell types and are involved in a myriad of cellular processes including locomotion, cytokinesis, cytoplasmic streaming, secretion and phagocytosis. The actin in cells of various species and tissue origin is very similar in its immunological and physical properties.

Physical form

Supplied as ascites fluid with 15mM sodium azide as a preservative.

Other Notes

To view an Actin antibody selection guide, please visit www.sigmaaldrich.com/actin.

Disclaimer

Unless otherwise stated in our catalog or other company documentation accompanying the product(s), our products are intended for research use only and are not to be used for any other purpose, which includes but is not limited to, unauthorized commercial uses, in vitro diagnostic uses, ex vivo or in vivo therapeutic uses or any type of consumption or application to humans or animals.

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Storage Class Code

10 - Combustible liquids

WGK

WGK 1

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable


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