Chicken FOX3/NeuN Polyclonal Antibody | anti-FOX3/NeuN antibody

FOX3/NeuN

Cat. Num. AAA76707

• Gene Names: RBFOX3; FOX3; NEUN; FOX-3; HRNBP3
• Reactivity: Human, Mouse, Rat
• Applications: Immunofluorescence, Immunohistochemistry, Western Blot, Immunocytochemistry
• Synonyms: FOX3/NeuN, Antibody; FOX3/NeuN; anti-FOX3/NeuN antibody

• Host: Chicken
• Reactivity: Human, Mouse, Rat
• Clonality: Polyclonal
• Isotype: Chicken IgY
• Form/Format: Liquid. Supplied as an aliquot of IgYpreparation plus 5mM NaN3

• Applicable Applications for anti-FOX3/NeuN antibody: IF (Immunofluorescence), IHC (Immunohistochemistry), WB (Western Blot), ICC (Immunocytochemistry)
• Immunogen: N-terminal 100 amino acids of human FOX3 expressed in and purified from E coli
• Preparation and Storage: The antibody can be stored at 2 degree - 8 degree C for 12 months without detectable loss of activity. Avoidrepeated freeze-thaw cycles.

WB (Western Blot)

(Western blot analysis of mouse brain nuclear fraction lysate using chicken pAb to FOX3/NeuN, AAA76707, dilution 1:1,000 in green. Lane 1 represents protein standard in red. Two bands at 46 and 50kDa mark correspond to the two isoforms of the FOX3/NeuN protein.)

IF (Immunofluorescence)

(Immunofluorescent analysis of rat hippocampus section stained with chicken pAb to FOX3/NeuN, AAA76707, dilution 1:5,000 in red, and costained with rabbit pAb to IBA1 in green. Following transcardial perfusion with 4% paraformaldehyde, rat brain was post fixed for 24 hours, cut to 35uM, and free-floating sections were stained with the above antibodies.)

Related Product Information for anti-FOX3/NeuN antibody

In the early 90s an unusual protocol resulted in the raising of a mouse monoclonal antibody against a component of neuronal nuclei and proximal perikarya. The component was therefore named "NeuN" and was shown to correspond to two protein bands at 46 and 48kDa in SDS-PAGE blots. The antibody become very widely used as a reliable neuronal marker, apparently binding to neurons in all vertebrates. A few neuronal cell types were not recognized by the original NeuN antibody such as cerebellar Purkinje cells, olfactory mitral cells and many type of retinal neuron. However the vast majority of neurons are strongly NeuN positive, and NeuN immunoreactivity has therefore been widely used to identify neurons.The identity of the NeuN protein was discovered to be identical to FOX3, a mammalian homolog of a gene product originally identified in Caenorhabditis elegans and named FOX1. The C. elegans protein was discovered as it had a role in sex determination during early development, FOX being an acronym for "feminizing locus on the X chromosome". There are three mammalian FOX1 protein homologs, FOX1, FOX2 and FOX3, which are believed to have a role in the regulation of mRNA splicing. All three contain an almost identical central RNA recognition motif or RRM domain, a region of about 90 amino acids found in numerous proteins. The differing protein isoforms of FOX3 result from alternate splicing of two exons which code for an insert close to the C-terminus and short C-terminal extension. The extension includes a C-terminal proline-tyrosine sequence preceded by a hydrophobic amino acids (phi-PY) which is known to target proteins to the nucleus, apparently accounting for FOX3 being present in both the nuclei and the cytoplasm in certain neurons.

This antibody was raised against a recombinant human FOX3 construct based only on the N-terminal sequence, not including the RRM domain and C-terminal regions. The N-terminal regions of FOX1, FOX2 and FOX3 are relatively poorly conserved so we were able to obtain antibodies which recognized FOX3 but not FOX2 or FOX1. As a result the epitopes for CH22131 are known to be within this construct, specifically amino acids 1-99.

NCBI and Uniprot Product Information

• NCBI GI #: 322510139
• NCBI GeneID: 146713
• UniProt Accession #: A6NFN3; B4DEG6; B4DF29
• Molecular Weight: Calculated MW: 33kDa/35kDa; Observed MW: 50kDa
• NCBI Official Full Name: RNA binding protein fox-1 homolog 3
• NCBI Official Synonym Full Names: RNA binding protein, fox-1 homolog (C. elegans) 3
• NCBI Official Symbol: RBFOX3
• NCBI Official Synonym Symbols: FOX3; NEUN; FOX-3; HRNBP3
• NCBI Protein Information: RNA binding protein fox-1 homolog 3; fox-1 homolog C; neuronal nuclei; hexaribonucleotide binding protein 3
• UniProt Protein Name: RNA binding protein fox-1 homolog 3
• UniProt Gene Name: RBFOX3
• UniProt Entry Name: RFOX3_HUMAN