Western blot - alpha Tubulin antibody [DM1A] - Loading Control (ab7291)

Predicted band size : 50 kDa

Immunocytochemistry/ Immunofluorescence - alpha Tubulin antibody [DM1A] - Loading Control (ab7291)

ICC/IF image of ab7291 stained human HeLa cells. The cells were methanol fixed (5 min) and incubated with the antibody (ab7291, 1µg/ml) for 1h at room temperature. The secondary antibody (green) was Alexa Fluor® 488 goat anti-mouse IgG (H+L) used at a 1/1000 dilution for 1h. Image-iT^TM FX Signal Enhancer was used as the primary blocking agent, 5% BSA (in TBS-T) was used for all other blocking steps. DAPI was used to stain the cell nuclei (blue). Alexa Fluor® 594 WGA was used to label plasma membranes (red).

Immunocytochemistry/ Immunofluorescence - alpha Tubulin antibody [DM1A] - Loading Control (ab7291)

Immunofluorescent imaging of human cells (U2OS) with ab7291 reveals a delicate network of alpha-tubulin (green) located exclusively in the cytoplasm. The nucleus is stained blue.

IF was performed with a standard paraformaldehyde technique (fixed in PBS buffered PFH 4% for 5 minutes, permeabilised with 0.5% triton-PBS for 5 minutes, blocked with 5% milk / 0.2% tween for one hour.  Primary antibody used at 1/200 in 5% milk / 0.2% TWEEN for one hour, secondary antibody Alexa 488 for 30 minutes.  All blocking and incubation steps carried out at 37 degrees.

Unfortunately, due to size constraints for images on our website, we are unable to show the full uncompressed picture in all its glory!

Western blot - alpha Tubulin antibody [DM1A] - Loading Control (ab7291)

Anti-alpha Tubulin antibody [DM1A] - Loading Control (ab7291) at 0.5 µg/ml + Hela cell lysate

Secondary
Goat polyclonal Secondary Antibody to Mouse IgG - H&L (HRP) (ab6789) at 1/5000 dilution
developed using the ECL technique

Performed under non-reducing conditions.

Predicted band size : 50 kDa
Observed band size : 57 kDa (why is the actual band size different from the predicted?)


Exposure time : 30 seconds

Immunocytochemistry/ Immunofluorescence - alpha Tubulin antibody [DM1A] - Loading Control (ab7291)

ab7291 at 1/400 staining MCF-10A cells (human mammary epithelial cell line) by ICC/IF. The cells were methanol fixed, blocked with BSA and incubated with the antibody for 16 hours. An Alexa-Fluor ® 488 conjugated goat anti-mouse antibody was used as the secondary. The image shows alpha tubulin staining in green and DAPI counterstain in blue.

This image is courtesy of an anonymous Abreview

Flow Cytometry-Anti-alpha Tubulin antibody [DM1A] - Loading Control(ab7291)

Overlay histogram showing HeLa cells stained with ab7291 (red line). The cells were fixed with 80% methanol (5 min) and then permeabilized with 0.1% PBS-Tween for 20 min. The cells were then incubated in 1x PBS / 10% normal goat serum / 0.3M glycine to block non-specific protein-protein interactions followed by the antibody (ab7291, 1µg/1x10⁶ cells) for 30 min at 22ºC. The secondary antibody used was DyLight® 488 goat anti-mouse IgG (H+L) (ab96879) at 1/500 dilution for 30 min at 22ºC. Isotype control antibody (black line) was mouse IgG1 [ICIGG1] (ab91353, 2µg/1x10⁶ cells) used under the same conditions. Acquisition of >5,000 events was performed.

Immunocytochemistry/ Immunofluorescence - Anti-alpha Tubulin antibody [DM1A] - Loading Control (ab7291)

IF image of ab7291 stained HeLa cells. The cells were 100% methanol fixed (5 min) and then incubated in 1%BSA / 10% normal goat serum / 0.3M glycine in 0.1% PBS-Tween for 1h to permeabilise the cells and block non-specific protein-protein interactions. The cells were then incubated with the antibody (ab7291, 1µg/ml) overnight at +4ºC. The secondary antibody (green) was Alexa Fluor® 488 goat anti-mouse IgG (H+L) used at a 1/1000 dilution for 1h. Alexa Fluor® 594 WGA was used to label plasma membranes (red) at a 1/200 dilution for 1h. DAPI was used to stain the cell nuclei (blue) at a concentration of 1.43µM. This antibody also gave a positive result in 100% methanol fixed (5 min) Hek293, HepG2 and MCF7 cells at 1µg/ml, and in 4% formaldehyde fixed (10 min) HeLa, Hek293, HepG2 and MCF7 cells at 1µg/ml.