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AB217250

Alexa Fluor® 594 Anti-Oct4 antibody [EPR17980]

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Rabbit Recombinant Monoclonal Oct4 antibody - conjugated to Alexa Fluor® 594. Suitable for ICC/IF and reacts with Mouse, Human samples. Cited in 1 publication.

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OCT3, OCT4, OTF3, POU5F1, Octamer-binding protein 3, Octamer-binding protein 4, Octamer-binding transcription factor 3, Oct-3, Oct-4, OTF-3

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Immunocytochemistry/ Immunofluorescence - Alexa Fluor® 594 Anti-Oct4 antibody [EPR17980] (AB217250)
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Immunocytochemistry/ Immunofluorescence - Alexa Fluor® 594 Anti-Oct4 antibody [EPR17980] (AB217250)

ab217250 staining Oct4 in F9 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 ab217250 at 1/167 dilution (pseudocolored in red) and ab195887, Mouse monoclonal to alpha Tubulin (Alexa Fluor® 488), at 1/250 dilution (shown in green). Nuclear DNA was labelled with DAPI (shown in blue).

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

Immunocytochemistry/ Immunofluorescence - Alexa Fluor® 594 Anti-Oct4 antibody [EPR17980] (AB217250)
  • ICC/IF

Lab

Immunocytochemistry/ Immunofluorescence - Alexa Fluor® 594 Anti-Oct4 antibody [EPR17980] (AB217250)

ab217250 staining Oct4 in mouse Embryonic Stem cells. The cells were fixed with 4% formaldehyde (10 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 ab217250 at 1/100 dilution (pseudocolored in red) and ab195887, Mouse monoclonal to alpha Tubulin (Alexa Fluor® 488), at 1/250 dilution (shown in green). Nuclear DNA was labelled with DAPI (shown in blue).

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

  • 578 PE

    PE Anti-Oct4 antibody [EPR17980]

  • 519 Alexa Fluor® 488

    Alexa Fluor® 488 Anti-Oct4 antibody [EPR17980]

  • 665 Alexa Fluor® 647

    Alexa Fluor® 647 Anti-Oct4 antibody [EPR17980]

Key facts

Host species

Rabbit

Clonality

Monoclonal

Clone number

EPR17980

Isotype

IgG

Conjugation

Alexa Fluor® 594

Excitation/Emission

Ex: 590nm, Em: 617nm

Carrier free

No

Reacts with

Mouse, Human

Applications

ICC/IF

applications

Immunogen

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

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Reactivity data

{ "title": "Reactivity Data", "filters": { "stats": ["", "Species", "Dilution Info", "Notes"], "tabs": { "all-applications": {"fullname" : "All Applications", "shortname": "All Applications"}, "ICCIF" : {"fullname" : "Immunocytochemistry/ Immunofluorescence", "shortname":"ICC/IF"} }, "product-promise": { "all": "all", "testedAndGuaranteed": "tested", "guaranteed": "expected", "predicted": "predicted", "notRecommended": "not-recommended" } }, "values": { "Human": { "ICCIF-species-checked": "testedAndGuaranteed", "ICCIF-species-dilution-info": "1/100", "ICCIF-species-notes": "<p>This product gave a positive signal in mouse Embryonic Stem cells fixed with 4% formaldehyde (10 min)</p>" }, "Mouse": { "ICCIF-species-checked": "testedAndGuaranteed", "ICCIF-species-dilution-info": "1/100", "ICCIF-species-notes": "<p>This product gave a positive signal in mouse Embryonic Stem cells fixed with 4% formaldehyde (10 min)</p>" } } }
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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.

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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
Stable for 12 months at -20°C|Store in the dark
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Supplementary information

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

Oct4 also known as POU5F1 Oct 4 protein and hecho en Oct 4 is a transcription factor important for maintaining pluripotency in stem cells. Oct4 protein has a molecular weight of approximately 40-45 kDa. Stem and germ cells express Oct4 where it regulates gene expression essential for cell differentiation and self-renewal. In immunohistochemistry (IHC) studies scientists often use Oct4 staining to identify stem cell presence and behavior.
Biological function summary

Oct4 acts in concert with other pluripotency factors like SOX2 and NANOG to form a regulatory network essential for maintaining stem cell identity. As part of this network the Oct4 transcription factor orchestrates the expression of genes that prevent differentiation and maintain the stem cell’s undifferentiated state. The protein directly activates the transcription of target genes involved in maintaining the pluripotent state.

Pathways

Oct4 plays an important role in the maintenance of pluripotency and self-renewal in the embryonic stem cell (ESC) and induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) pathways. Oct4 partners with proteins such as SOX2 and KLF4 in these pathways to activate and repress a common set of downstream genes which control differentiation and proliferation. Oct4 ensures the blocking of differentiation signals while promoting self-renewal in pluripotent cells.

Aberrant Oct4 expression often links to oncogenesis and tumor progression particularly in testicular germ cell tumors and certain types of cancers. Oct4 overexpression may interact with c-MYC a protein linked to cancer cell proliferation advancing tumorigenesis. Additionally researchers investigate Oct4 as a diagnostic marker for cancer and its potential as a therapeutic target to inhibit cancer cell growth.
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Product protocols

For this product, it's our understanding that no specific protocols are required. You can visit:
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Target data

The protein expressed by the gene POU5F1 is a transcription factor that binds to the octamer motif (5'-ATTTGCAT-3') and forms a trimeric complex with SOX2 or SOX15 on DNA. It controls the expression of several genes involved in embryonic development, including YES1, FGF4, UTF1, and ZFP206. This protein is critical for early embryogenesis and for maintaining embryonic stem cell pluripotency. This supplementary information is collated from multiple sources and compiled automatically.
See full target information POU5F1
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Publications (1)

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Frontiers in molecular biosciences 10:1178439 PubMed37426420

2023

Sequence- and structure-specific RNA oligonucleotide binding attenuates heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein A1 dysfunction.

Applications

Unspecified application

Species

Unspecified reactive species

Joseph P Clarke,Patricia A Thibault,Sakina Fatima,Hannah E Salapa,Subha Kalyaanamoorthy,Aravindhan Ganesan,Michael C Levin
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