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AB208080

Alexa Fluor® 555 Anti-Actin antibody [EPR16769] - Cytoskeleton Marker

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Rabbit Recombinant Monoclonal alpha skeletal muscle Actin antibody - conjugated to Alexa Fluor® 555. Suitable for ICC/IF, Flow Cyt (Intra), IHC-P and reacts with Human, Mouse, Rat samples. Cited in 2 publications.

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ACTA, ACTA1, Alpha-actin-1

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Immunocytochemistry/ Immunofluorescence - Alexa Fluor® 555 Anti-Actin antibody [EPR16769] - Cytoskeleton Marker (AB208080)
  • ICC/IF

Lab

Immunocytochemistry/ Immunofluorescence - Alexa Fluor® 555 Anti-Actin antibody [EPR16769] - Cytoskeleton Marker (AB208080)

ab208080 staining Actin in HeLa cells. The cells were fixed with 100% methanol (5 min), permeabilized with 0.1% Triton X-100 for 5 minutes and then blocked with 1% BSA/10% normal goat serum/0.3M glycine in 0.1% PBS-Tween for 1h. The cells were then incubated overnight at +4°C with ab208080 at a 1/100 dilution (pseudocolored in green) and ab195884, Rat monoclonal to alpha Tubulin (Alexa Fluor® 647), at a 1/250 dilution (shown in red). Nuclear DNA was labelled with DAPI (shown in blue).

Image was taken with a confocal microscope (Leica-Microsystems, TCS SP8).

  • 421 Alexa Fluor® 405

    Alexa Fluor® 405 Anti-Actin antibody [EPR16769] - Cytoskeleton Marker

  • 519 Alexa Fluor® 488

    Alexa Fluor® 488 Anti-Actin antibody [EPR16769] - Cytoskeleton Marker

  • 665 Alexa Fluor® 647

    Alexa Fluor® 647 Anti-Actin antibody [EPR16769] - Cytoskeleton Marker

  • HRP

    HRP Anti-Actin antibody [EPR16769] - Loading Control

  • Unconjugated

    Anti-Actin antibody [EPR16769] - Loading Control

  • Carrier free

    Anti-Actin antibody [EPR16769] - BSA and Azide free

Key facts

Host species

Rabbit

Clonality

Monoclonal

Clone number

EPR16769

Isotype

IgG

Conjugation

Alexa Fluor® 555

Excitation/Emission

Ex: 555nm, Em: 565nm

Carrier free

No

Reacts with

Human, Human, Mouse, Rat

Applications

ICC/IF, Flow Cyt (Intra), IHC-P

applications

Immunogen

The exact immunogen used to generate this antibody is proprietary information.

Reactivity data

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Product details

Patented technology
Our RabMAb® technology is a patented hybridoma-based technology for making rabbit monoclonal antibodies. For details on our patents, please refer to RabMAb® patents.

What are the advantages of a recombinant monoclonal antibody?
This product is a recombinant monoclonal antibody, which offers several advantages including:

  • - High batch-to-batch consistency and reproducibility
  • - Improved sensitivity and specificity
  • - Long-term security of supply
  • - Animal-free batch production

For more information, read more on recombinant antibodies.

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 this product for purposes other than research, contact Life Technologies Corporation, 5781 Van Allen Way, Carlsbad, CA 92008 USA or outlicensing@thermofisher.com.

Properties and storage information

Form
Liquid
Purification technique
Affinity purification Protein A
Storage buffer
pH: 7.4 Preservative: 0.02% Sodium azide Constituents: PBS, 30% Glycerol (glycerin, glycerine), 1% BSA
Shipped at conditions
Blue Ice
Appropriate short-term storage duration
1-2 weeks
Appropriate short-term storage conditions
+4°C
Appropriate long-term storage conditions
-20°C
Aliquoting information
Upon delivery aliquot
Storage information
Avoid freeze / thaw cycle|Store in the dark

Supplementary information

This supplementary information is collated from multiple sources and compiled automatically.

Actin also known as globular (G-actin) or filamentous (F-actin) actin plays a central role in cell structure and movement. This protein has a molecular weight of approximately 42 kDa and resides abundantly in eukaryotic cells especially in muscle and cytoskeletal structures. It comes in several isoforms with varying expression profiles across tissues. Actin can undergo polymerization from its G-actin monomers into F-actin filaments a process that is reversible through depolymerization allowing for dynamic cellular functions.
Biological function summary

Actin contributes to various cellular processes by forming the cytoskeleton which provides mechanical support and determines cell shape. Actin also facilitates cell motility division and intracellular transport through rapid polymerization and depolymerization cycles. Within cells actin associates with other proteins to form complexes such as the Arp2/3 complex which assists actin in the branching of filaments critical for pushing forward the cell's leading edge during movement. Techniques like actin immunofluorescence help visualize actin filaments within cells revealing its extensive network.

Pathways

Actin plays an integral role in pathways like cell movement and signal transduction. The Rho family of GTPases regulates actin cytoskeleton rearrangements influencing cell shape and migration. Actin function interactions involve proteins like myosin forming actomyosin complexes essential for muscle contraction and other cell motility activities. Actin polymerization and depolymerization cycles are key to the dynamic regulation within these pathways ensuring adequate cellular responses to environmental signals.

Mutations or misregulation of actin and its associated pathways link to conditions such as cardiomyopathies and cancer metastasis. In familial cardiomyopathy actin mutations disrupt normal cardiac muscle contraction. In cancer altered actin polymerization and depolymerization enable invasive cell migration facilitating metastasis. Proteins like myosin and tropomyosin associate with actin in these pathologies illustrating the impact of actin dynamics on disease progression and highlighting actin as a therapeutic target. Anti-actin antibodies can be used in research and diagnostics to better understand these disorders.

Product protocols

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Target data

Actins are highly conserved proteins that are involved in various types of cell motility and are ubiquitously expressed in all eukaryotic cells.
See full target information ACTA1

Publications (2)

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Nature communications 16:3857 PubMed40274798

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Applications

Unspecified application

Species

Unspecified reactive species

Elena von Coburg,Marlene Wedler,Jose M Muino,Christopher Wolff,Nils Körber,Sebastian Dunst,Shu Liu

Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) 2055:521-562 PubMed31502168

2019

Cyclic Multiplexed-Immunofluorescence (cmIF), a Highly Multiplexed Method for Single-Cell Analysis.

Applications

Unspecified application

Species

Unspecified reactive species

Jennifer Eng,Guillaume Thibault,Shiuh-Wen Luoh,Joe W Gray,Young Hwan Chang,Koei Chin
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