| Immunogen | Ratswereimmunizedwithaglycoproteinfractionfromcerebellumof8-10dayoldC57BL/6Jmice. |
| Clone | 324 |
| Concentration | PleaserefertotheCertificateofAnalysisforthelot-specificconcentration. |
| Host | Rat |
| Specificity | MonoclonalantibodyagainstneuralcelladhesionmoleculeL1fromrat-rathybridcells. |
| Isotype | IgG |
| SpeciesReactivity | |
| AntibodyType | MonoclonalAntibody |
| EntrezGeneNumber | |
| EntrezGeneSummary | ThisgeneisamemberoftheIgsuperfamilyandencodesacellsurfacesialoglycoproteinexpressedbycytokine-activatedendothelium.ThistypeImembraneproteinmediatesleukocyte-endothelialcelladhesionandsignaltransduction,andmayplayaroleinthedevelopmentofartherosclerosisandrheumatoidarthritis.Twoalternativelysplicedtranscriptsencodingdifferentisoformshavebeendescribedforthisgene. |
| GeneSymbol | - VCAM1
- INCAM-100
- MGC99561
- CD106
- DKFZp779G2333
- L1CAM
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| PurificationMethod | ProteinAPurfied |
| UniProtNumber | |
| UniProtSummary | FUNCTION:SwissProt:P19320#Importantincell-cellrecognition.Appearstofunctioninleukocyte-endothelialcelladhesion.Interactswiththebeta-1integrinVLA4onleukocytes,andmediatesbothadhesionandsignaltransduction.TheVCAM1/VLA4interactionmayplayapathophysiologicrolebothinimmuneresponsesandinleukocyteemigrationtositesofinflammation. SIZE:739aminoacids;81276Da SUBCELLULARLOCATION:Membrane;Single-passtypeImembraneprotein. TISSUESPECIFICITY:Expressedoninflamedvascularendothelium,aswellasonmacrophage-likeanddendriticcelltypesinbothnormalandinflamedtissue. DOMAIN:SwissProt:P19320EitherthefirstorthefourthIg-likeC2-typedomainisrequiredforVLA4-dependentcelladhesion. PTM:Sialoglycoprotein. DISEASE:SwissProt:P19320#Mayplayanimportantroleinthegenesisofatherosclerosisandrheumatoidarthritis. SIMILARITY:Contains7Ig-likeC2-type(immunoglobulin-like)domains. |
| MolecularWeight | 120-140kDa |