Catalogue number: | PA2239 |
Price: | $200.00 |
Reactivities: | Human |
Applications: | Western Blot |
Size: | 100?g/vial |
Gene: | MSLN |
Swiss prot: | Q13421 |
Form: | lyophilized |
Format: | Each vial contains 5mg BSA, 0.9mg NaCl, 0.2mg Na2HPO4, 0.05mg Thimerosal, 0.05mg NaN3. |
Storage temp: | At -20 degree C for one year. After reconstitution, at 4 degree C for one month. It can also be aliquotted and stored frozen at -20 degree C for a longer time.Avoid repeated freezing and thawing. |
Scientific background: | Mesothelin, also known as MSLN or MPF is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MSLN gene. This gene is mapped to 16p13.3. This gene encodes a precursor protein that is cleaved into two products, megakaryocyte potentiating factor and mesothelin. Megakaryocyte potentiation factor functions as a cytokine that can stimulate colony formation in bone marrow megakaryocytes. Mesothelian is a glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored cell-surface protein that may function as a cell adhesion protein. This protein is overexpressed in epithelial mesotheliomas, ovarian cancers and in specific squamous cell carcinomas. |
References: | 1. Bera, T. K., Pastan, I. Mesothelin is not required for normal mouse development or reproduction. Molec. Cell. Biol. 20: 2902-2906, 2000. 2. Scholler, N., Fu, N., Yang, Y., Ye, Z., Goodman, G. E., Hellstrom, K. E., Hellstrom, I. Soluble member(s) of the mesothelin/megakaryocyte potentiating factor family are detectable in sera from patients with ovarian carcinoma. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 96: 11531-11536, 1999. |
Additional info: | A synthetic peptide corresponding to a sequence at the N-terminus of human MSLN. |