Anti-Calcium Channel (alpha1 Subunit), Pan antibody produced in rabbit, affinity isolated antibody, lyophilized powder

Application

Applications in which this antibody has been used successfully, and the associated peer-reviewed papers, are given below.Immunocytochemistry (1 paper)

Anti-Calcium Channel (α1 Subunit), Pan antibody produced in rabbit is suitable for immunohistochemistry (using rat heart sections) and western blotting at a dilution of 1:200 using rat brain membranes.

Biochem/physiol Actions

Calcium channel, voltage-dependent, L type, α1C subunit (Ca_v1.2) is a protein encoded by the CACNA1C gene in humans and belongs to the family of voltage-gated calcium channels. It serves as the key transducers of cell surface membrane potential changes into local intracellular calcium transients that initiate different physiological events. CACNA1C is a subunit of L-type voltage-dependent calcium channel. It is mapped to chromosome 12p13.3 and is implicated as a susceptibility gene for schizophrenia. CACNA1C is selectively expressed in human TH2 cells and blockage of Ca_v1.2 channel activation in TH2 cells may represent new strategies to treat allergic diseases in human subjects. Its increased activity is implicated in the pathogenesis of dementia and Alzheimer′s disease (AD).

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Immunogen

synthetic peptide corresponding to amino acids 1506-1524 of the α_1S subunit of rat skeletal muscle voltage-gated calcium channel (VGCC, CP15) (Accession P22002) with additional N-terminal cysteine, conjugated to MBS-KLH.

Physical form

Lyophilized from phosphate buffered saline, pH 7.4, containing 1% bovine serum albumin, 5% sucrose and 0.025% sodium azide.

Specificity

The epitope recognized by this antibody is masked by α2 and δ chains; therefore, the antibody binds only after subunit dissociation using Triton X-100 or other detergents.