Anti-alpha Tubulin antibody [DM1A] - Microtubule Marker (Alexa Fluor® 594) (ab195889)

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Overview

  • Product name
    Anti-alpha Tubulin antibody [DM1A] - Microtubule Marker (Alexa Fluor® 594)
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  • Description
    Mouse monoclonal [DM1A] to alpha Tubulin - Microtubule Marker (Alexa Fluor® 594)
  • Host species
    Mouse
  • Conjugation
    Alexa Fluor® 594. Ex: 590nm, Em: 617nm
  • Tested applications
    Suitable for: ICC/IFmore details
  • Species reactivity
    Reacts with: Mouse, Human
    Predicted to work with: Rat
  • Immunogen

    Full length native protein (purified) corresponding to Chicken alpha Tubulin.

  • Epitope
    aa 426-450
  • Positive control
    • ICC/IF - HeLa
  • General notes

    Alexa Fluor® is a registered trademark of Molecular Probes, Inc, a Thermo Fisher Scientific Company. The Alexa Fluor® dye included in this product is provided under an intellectual property license from Life Technologies Corporation. As this product contains the Alexa Fluor® dye, the purchase of this product conveys to the buyer the non-transferable right to use the purchased product and components of the product only in research conducted by the buyer (whether the buyer is an academic or for-profit entity). As this product contains the Alexa Fluor® dye the sale of this product is expressly conditioned on the buyer not using the product or its components, or any materials made using the product or its components, in any activity to generate revenue, which may include, but is not limited to use of the product or its components: in manufacturing; (ii) to provide a service, information, or data in return for payment (iii) for therapeutic, diagnostic or prophylactic purposes; or (iv) for resale, regardless of whether they are sold for use in research. For information on purchasing a license to use products containing Alexa Fluor® dyes for purposes other than research, contact Life Technologies Corporation, 5791 Van Allen Way, Carlsbad, CA 92008 USA or outlicensing@lifetech.com

Properties

Applications

Our Abpromise guarantee covers the use of ab195889 in the following tested applications.

The application notes include recommended starting dilutions; optimal dilutions/concentrations should be determined by the end user.

Application Abreviews Notes
ICC/IF 1/150 - 1/250.

ab178000 - Mouse monoclonal IgG1 (Alexa Fluor® 594), is suitable for use as an isotype control with this antibody.

Target

  • Relevance
    Microtubules are involved in a wide variety of cellular activities ranging from mitosis and transport events to cell movement and the maintenance of cell shape. Tubulin itself is a globular protein which consists of two polypeptides (alpha and beta tubulin). Alpha and beta tubulin dimers are assembled to 13 protofilaments that form a microtubule of 22 nm diameter. Tyrosine ligase adds a C-terminal tyrosin to monomeric alpha tubulin. Assembled microtubules can again be detyrosinated by a cytoskeleton associated carboxypeptidase. Detyrosinated alpha tubulin is referred to as Glu-tubulin. Another post-translational modification of detyrosinated alpha tubulin is C-terminal polyglutamylation which is characteristic for microtubules in neuronal cells and the mitotic spindle. Alpha tubulin is not suitable as a loading control in adipose tissue as expression of tubulin in adipose tissue is very low ( Spiegelman and Farmer, Cell, 1982, 29(1): 53-60, "in cells undergoing adipose differentiation actin synthesis decreases by 90%").
  • Cellular localization
    Major constituent of Microtubules
  • Database links
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  • Alternative names
    • TUBA1 antibody
    • TUBA1A antibody
    • TUBA2 antibody
    • TUBA3 antibody
    • TUBA3C antibody
    • TUBA4A antibody
    • Tubulin, alpha 1a antibody
    • Tubulin, alpha 3c antibody
    • Tubulin, alpha 4a antibody
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Images

  • Immunocytochemistry/ Immunofluorescence - Anti-alpha Tubulin antibody [DM1A] - Microtubule Marker (Alexa Fluor® 594) (ab195889)
    Immunocytochemistry/ Immunofluorescence - Anti-alpha Tubulin antibody [DM1A] - Microtubule Marker (Alexa Fluor® 594) (ab195889)

    ab195889 staining alpha Tubulin in MEF1 cells. The cells were fixed with 4% formaldehyde (10 min), permeabilized in 0.1% PBS-Triton X-100 for 5 min then blocked in 1% BSA/10% normal goat serum/0.3M glycine in 0.1% PBS-Tween for 1hr. The cells were then incubated with ab195889 at 1/250 dilution (shown in orange) overnight at +4°C. Nuclear DNA was labelled in blue with DAPI.

    This product gave a positive signal in 100% methanol (10 min) fixed MEF1 cells under the same testing conditions.

    Image was taken with a Confocal microscope (Leica micro-systems, TCS SP8).

  • Immunocytochemistry/ Immunofluorescence - Anti-alpha Tubulin antibody [DM1A] - Loading Control (Alexa Fluor® 594) (ab195889)
    Immunocytochemistry/ Immunofluorescence - Anti-alpha Tubulin antibody [DM1A] - Loading Control (Alexa Fluor® 594) (ab195889)

    ab195889 staining alpha Tubulin in HeLa cells. The cells were fixed with 4% formaldehyde (10 min), permeabilized in 0.1% PBS-Triton X-100 for 5 min then blocked in 1% BSA/10% normal goat serum/0.3M glycine in 0.1% PBS-Tween for 1hr. The cells were then incubated with ab195889 at 1/167 dilution (shown in psedo-color red) overnight at +4°C. Nuclear DNA was labelled in blue with DAPI.

    This product gave a positive signal in 100% methanol (10 min) fixed HeLa cells under the same testing conditions.

    Image was taken with a Confocal microscope (Leica micro-systems, TCS SP8).

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