Application

Monoclonal Anti-Myosin (Skeletal, Slow) antibody produced in mouse has been used in immunobloting, immunohistology, Solid-phase radioimmunoassay (RIA), enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and immunoelectronmicroscopy.

Biochem/physiol Actions

Myosin are actin-dependent motors. Mutations in myosins genes are associated with myopathies, blindness and hearing loss. They are involved in muscle contraction, vision, hearing, cell movements and cell invasion.

Myosin is the element responsible for energy transduction and force development in heart and skeletal muscles. Myosin is known to interact with actin in muscle and in nonmuscle cells. Slow myosin, also known as β-myosin heavy chain (β-MHC) is expressed during embryogenesis as part of the cardiac myogenic program under the control of NK-2 homeobox protein-5 (NKX-2.5), myocyte enhancer factor-2C (MEF-2C), and GATA-4/5/6.

Disclaimer

Unless otherwise stated in our catalog or other company documentation accompanying the product(s), our products are intended for research use only and are not to be used for any other purpose, which includes but is not limited to, unauthorized commercial uses, in vitro diagnostic uses, ex vivo or in vivo therapeutic uses or any type of consumption or application to humans or animals.

General description

Monoclonal Anti-Myosin (Skeletal, Slow) (mouse IgG1 isotype) is derived from the NOQ7.5.4D hybridoma produced by the fusion of mouse myeloma cells and splenocytes from BALB/c mice. Myosin is a hexameric protein containing two heavy chain subunits and four light chain subunits. It is a major protein component of heart and skeletal muscles. Muscle myosin heavy chain (MHC) different isoforms are expressed depending on the physiological function of the muscle: skeletal, cardiac, smooth and non-muscle.

Immunogen

Myosin, purified from myofibrils isolated from human skeletal muscle,

Legal Information

ExtrAvidin is a registered trademark of Sigma-Aldrich Co. LLC

Physical form

Solution in 0.01 M phosphate buffered saline, pH 7.4, containing 15 mM sodium azide.