Description
Product Usage Information
Western Blotting: 1:1000
Storage
Supplied in 10 mM sodium HEPES (pH 7.5), 150 mM NaCl, 100 µg/ml BSA, 50% glycerol and less than 0.02% sodium azide. Store at -20°C. Do not aliquot the antibody. For a carrier free (BSA and azide free) version of this product see product # 83711 .
Protocol
Available protocols: Western Blotting
Specificity / Sensitivity
Survivin (6E4) Mouse Monoclonal Antibody detects endogenous levels of human survivin. This antibody does not cross-react with other types of apoptotic inhibitor proteins.
Species Reactivity: Human, Monkey
Source / Purification
Monoclonal antibody is produced by immunizing animals with a synthetic peptide corresponding to the amino-terminal sequence of human survivin.
Background
Survivin is a 16 kDa anti-apoptotic protein highly expressed during fetal development and cancer cell malignancy (1). Survivin binds and inhibits caspase-3, controlling the checkpoint in the G2/M-phase of the cell cycle by inhibiting apoptosis and promoting cell division (2,3). This regulatory process requires the phosphorylation of survivin at Thr34 by p34 cdc2 kinase (4). Gene targeting using a Thr34 phosphorylation-defective survivin mutant, as well as antisense survivin, have been shown to inhibit tumor growth (5,6).
Alternate Names
API4; Apoptosis inhibitor 4; Apoptosis inhibitor survivin; baculoviral IAP repeat containing 5; baculoviral IAP repeat-containing 5; Baculoviral IAP repeat-containing protein 5; BIRC5; EPR-1; IAP4; Survivin; survivin variant 3 alpha
