| Applications: | WB, FC |
| Species Reactivity: | Human, Mouse |
| Isotype: | Rabbit Ig |
| Purification: | Purified Rabbit Polyclonal Antibody |
| Description: | Activins are dimeric growth and differentiation factors which belong to the transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) superfamily of structurally related signaling proteins. Activins signal through a heteromeric complex of receptor serine kinases which include at least two type I (I and IB) and two type II (II and IIB) receptors. These receptors are all transmembrane proteins, composed of a ligand-binding extracellular domain with a cysteine-rich region, a transmembrane domain, and a cytoplasmic domain with predicted serine/threonine specificity. Type I receptors are essential for signaling, and type II receptors are required for binding ligands and for expression of type I receptors. Type I and II receptors form a stable complex after ligand binding, resulting in phosphorylation of type I receptors by type II receptors. The gene for ACVR1B (activin A type IB receptor) is composed of 11 exons. Alternative splicing and alternative polyadenylation result in 3 fully described transcript variants. The mRNA expression of variants 1, 2, and 3 is confirmed, and a potential fourth variant contains an alternative exon 8 and lacks exons 9 through 11, but its mRNA expression has not been confirmed. |
| Further Information: | This Activin A Receptor Type IB (ACVR1B) antibody is generated from rabbits immunized with a KLH conjugated synthetic peptide between 134-164 amino acids from the Central region of human Activin A Receptor Type IB (ACVR1B). |
| Synonym: | Activin receptor type-1B, Activin receptor type IB, ACTR-IB, Activin receptor-like kinase 4, ALK-4, Serine/threonine-protein kinase receptor R2, SKR2, ACVR1B, ACVRLK4, ALK4 |
| Ascension Number: | P36896 |
| NCBI EntrezGene: | 91 |
| Shipping Conditions: | Ship on cold packs |
| Storage: | Maintain refrigerated at 2-8 C for up to 2 weeks. For long term storage store at -20 C in small aliquots to prevent freeze-thaw cycles. |
| Usage: | Research use only |
