Anti-alpha/beta-Tubulin dimer Alexa Fluor® 488

Anti-alpha/beta-Tubulin dimer Alexa Fluor<sup>®</sup> 488
Regulatory status
RUO
Antigen
alpha/beta-Tubulin dimer
Clone
TU-10
Format
Alexa Fluor® 488
Reactivity
Mouse, Rat, Pig, Non-human primates, Human
Application
Excitation laser
blue (488 nm)
Variant
0.1 mg
A4-446-C100
In stock
242.00 USD
Variant
0.1 mg
A4-446-C100
In stock
242.00 USD
Product details
Description
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References
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Isotype
Mouse IgM
Specificity
The antibody TU-10 recognizes alpha, beta-tubulin heterodimer, a basic intracellular structural unit of microtubules. Alpha- and beta-tubulins form approximately 100 kDa tubulin heterodimer, a globular protein that polymerizes to form microtubules.
Application
Application details
Flow cytometry: Recommended dilution: 1-4 μg/ml. Intracellular staining.
Reactivity
Mouse, Rat, Pig, Non-human primates, Human
Immunogen
Microtubule proteins from porcine brain
Concentration
0.1 mg/ml
Preparation
Purified antibody is conjugated with Alexa Fluor® 488 NHS ester under optimum conditions and unconjugated antibody and free fluorochrome are removed by size-exclusion chromatography.
Formulation
Stabilizing Tris buffered saline (TBS), pH 8.0, 15 mM sodium azide
Storage and handling
Store at 2-8°C. Protect from prolonged exposure to light. Do not freeze.
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Licence note
Alexa Fluor®, Pacific Blue™ and Pacific Orange™ are registered trademarks of Life Technologies Corporation.
Licence label
This product is provided under an intellectual property license from Life Technologies Corporation. The transfer of this product is conditioned on the buyer using the purchased product solely in research conducted by the buyer, excluding contract research or any fee for service research, and the buyer must not (1) use this product or its components for (a) diagnostic, therapeutic or prophylactic purposes; (b) testing, analysis or screening services, or information in return for compensation on a per-test basis; or (c) manufacturing or quality assurance or quality control, and/or (2) sell or transfer this product or its components for resale, whether or not resold for use in research. For information on purchasing a license to this product for purposes other than as described above, contact Life Technologies Corporation, 5781 Van Allen Way, Carlsbad, CA 92008 USA or outlicensing@lifetech.com.
Other names
TUBA, TUBB
Antigen description
The microtubules are intracellular dynamic polymers made up of evolutionarily conserved polymorphic alpha/beta-tubulin heterodimers and a large number of microtubule-associated proteins (MAPs). The microtubules consist of 13 protofilaments and have an outer diameter 25 nm. Microtubules have their intrinsic polarity; highly dynamic plus ends and less dynamic minus ends. Microtubules are required for vital processes in eukaryotic cells including mitosis, meiosis, maintenance of cell shape and intracellular transport. Microtubules are also necessary for movement of cells by means of flagella and cilia. In mammalian tissue culture cells microtubules have their minus ends anchored in microtubule organizing centers (MTOCs). The GTP (guanosintriphosphate) molecule is an essential for tubulin heterodimer to associate with other heterodimers to form microtubule. In vivo, microtubule dynamics vary considerably. Microtubule polymerization is reversible and a populations of microtubules in cells are on their minus ends either growing or shortening – this phenomenon is called dynamic instability of microtubules. On a practical level, microtubules can easily be stabilized by the addition of non-hydrolysable analogues of GTP (eg. GMPPCP) or more commonly by anti-cancer drugs such as Taxol. Taxol stabilizes microtubules at room temperature for many hours. Using limited proteolysis by enzymes both tubulin subunits can be divided into N-terminal and C-terminal structural domains. The alpha-tubulin (relative molecular weight around 50 kDa) is globular protein that exists in cells as part of soluble alpha/beta-tubulin dimer or it is polymerized into microtubules. In different species it is coded by multiple tubulin genes that form tubulin classes (in human 6 genes). Expressed tubulin genes are named tubulin isotypes. Some of the tubulin isotypes are expressed ubiquitously, while some have more restricted tissue expression. Alpha-tubulin is also subject of numerous post-translational modifications. Tubulin isotypes and their posttranslational modifications are responsible for multiple tubulin charge variants - tubulin isoforms. Heterogeneity of alpha-tubulin is concentrated in C-terminal structural domain. The beta-tubulin (relative molecular weight around 50 kDa) is counterpart of alpha-tubulin in tubulin heterodimer, it is coded by multiple tubulin genes and it is also posttranslationally modified. Heterogeneity of subunit is concentrated in C-terminal structural domain.
A4-446_ICC
Immunocytochemistry staining of alpha, beta-tubulin dimer in HeLa cells using mouse monoclonal antibody TU-10 Alexa Fluor® 488
A4-446_FC_Histogram
Separation of HeLa cells stained using anti-ab-Tubulin dimer (TU-10) Alexa Fluor® 488 antibody (concentration in sample 1,7 μg/ml, red-filled) from unstained HeLa cells in flow cytometry analysis (intracellular staining) of HeLa cell suspension.

General references:

Linhartova I, Draberova E, Viklicky V, Draber P: Distribution of non-class-III beta-tubulin isoforms in neuronal and non-neuronal cells. FEBS Lett. 1993 Mar 29;320(1):79-82.
PubMed
Cowan NJ, Dobner PR, Fuchs EV, Cleveland DW: Expression of human alpha-tubulin genes: interspecies conservation of 3' untranslated regions. Mol Cell Biol. 1983 Oct;3(10):1738-45.
PubMed
Variant
0.1 mg
A4-446-C100
In stock
242.00 USD
Variant
0.1 mg
A4-446-C100
In stock
242.00 USD