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Products Polyclonal Anti-Synaptopodin
| Catalogue number: | PA1384 |
| Price: | $200.00 |
| Reactivities: | Human, Mouse, Rat |
| Applications: | Immunohistochemistry, Western Blot |
| Size: | 100ug/vial |
| Gene: | SYNPO |
| Swiss prot: | Q8N3V7 |
| 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: | The spine apparatus (SA) is a specialized form of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) that is found in a subpopulation of dendritic spines in central neurons. The SA consists of a series of stacked discs that are thought to be connected to each other and to the dendritic system of ER-tubules. The actin binding protein synaptopodin (which has originally been described in podocytes of the kidney) is an essential component of the SA. Mice that lack the gene for synaptopodin do not form a spine apparatus. The SA is believed to play a critical role in learning and memory. In summary, an important function of the spine apparatus is the regulation of plasticity at individual synapses, a process known as metaplasticity. The International Radiation Hybrid Mapping Consortium mapped the SYNPO gene to chromosome 5. |
| References: | 1.Gray (1959). "Electron microscopy of synaptic contacts on dendrite spines of the cerebral cortex". Nature 183 (4675): 1592 |
| Additional info: | A synthetic peptide corresponding to a sequence in the middle region of human synaptopodin, identical to the related mouse and rat sequence. |
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