Rabbit Bax Polyclonal Antibody | anti-Bax antibody

Bax (A20) Antibody

Cat. Num. AAA63002

• Reactivity: Mouse, Rat, Human
• Applications: Immunohistochemistry, Immunoprecipitation, Western Blot
• Synonyms: Bax, Antibody; Bax (A20) Antibody; anti-Bax antibody

• Host: Rabbit
• Reactivity: Mouse, Rat, Human
• Clonality: Polyclonal
• Form/Format: 200 ug/ml rabbit polyclonal IgG in 1 ml PBS containing 0.1 % sodium azide and 0.2% gelatin.
• Sequence Length: 133

• Applicable Applications for anti-Bax antibody: IHC (Immunohistochemistry), IP (Immunoprecipitation), WB (Western Blot)
• Origin: Bax is provided as an affinity purified rabbit polyclonal antibody, raised against a peptide mapping to the amino terminus of human Bax.
• Competition Studies: A blocking peptide is lso available, MBS443005, for use in competition studies. Each vial contains 100ug of peptide in 0.5ml PBS with 0.1% sodium azide and 100 ug BSA.
• Preparation and Storage: Store this product at 4 degree C, do not freeze. The product is stable for one year from the date of shipment.

WB (Western Blot)

Related Product Information for anti-Bax antibody

Bcl-2 family of proteins is a key regulator of apoptosis that function to either inhibit or promote cell death. The over expression of members such as Bcl-2 and Bcl-xL inhibit the apoptotic process (1,2). The Bcl-2 family members are also characterized by dimerizing to further modulate apoptosis. Bag-1, for example, has been found to form a heterodimer with Bcl-2 resulting in the enhancement of the anti-apoptotic effect of Bcl-2 (3,4). Other anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 family members include A1, Bcl-xg, Bcl-xb, Mcl-1, BAR, BI-1 and Bcl-w (5). The pro-apoptotic family members include Bax, Bcl-xS, Bad, Bak, NBK, BID, Hrk, Bok, Bim, Noxa and Diva. Bax and Bak have been shown to play a critical role in cytochrome c release from mitochondria and thus initiate apoptosis (6). Bad plays a critical role in the Bax-mediated apoptosis pathway by dimerizing with Bcl-xL, causing the displacment of Bax. The displacement of Bax allows apoptosis to proceed (7). Bcl-xS, a shorter version of Bcl-xL (lacking amino acids 126-188), apparently utilizes a different pathway than Bax to induce cell death. Some research suggests that Bcl-xS uses a novel mechanism for regulating caspase or it may use an alternate cell death effector pathway (8,9).

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NCBI and Uniprot Product Information

• NCBI GI #: 975870
• NCBI GeneID: 24887
• UniProt Accession #: Q63690; Q62995; Q64383
• NCBI Official Full Name: bax, partial
• NCBI Official Synonym Full Names: Bcl2-associated X protein
• NCBI Official Symbol: Bax
• NCBI Protein Information: apoptosis regulator BAX
• UniProt Protein Name: Apoptosis regulator BAX
• UniProt Gene Name: Bax
• UniProt Entry Name: BAX_RAT