The ErbB/HER family of receptor tyrosine kinases consists of four receptors that bind a large number of growth factor ligands sharing an epidermal growth factor-(EGF)-like motif. The neuregulins (NRGs) are a diverse family of proteins that arise by alternative splicing from a single gene. These proteins play an important role in controlling the growth and differentiation of glial, epithelial, and muscle cells. Whereas ErbB-1 binds seven different ligands whose prototype is EGF, the four families of neuregulins activate ErbB-3 and/or ErbB-4. Neuregulin-1 (also known as heregulin) has diverse functions in neural development, and one of them is to up-regulate the expression of acetylcholine receptors at muscle fibers during the formation of neuromuscular junctions. Neuregulin-2 exhibits a distinct expression pattern in adult brain and developing heart. Neuregulin-3 is expressed in cell lines derived from breast cancer and is a potential regulator of normal and malignant breast epithelial cells. Neuregulin-4 is detected in the adult pancreas and weakly in muscle.
Key Feature
Clonality
Polyclonal
Isotype
IgG
Host Species
Rabbit
Tested Applications
WBIPIFELISA
recommended for detection of Neuregulin-3 of mouse, rat and human origin by WB, IP, IF and ELISA also reactive with additional species, including equine, canine and bovine
Species Reactivity
HumanMouseRat
Concentration
1mg/ml
Purification
Affinity purified
Target Information
Alternative Names
epitope corresponding to amino acids 276-345 mapping within an N-terminal extracellular domain of Neuregulin-3 of human origin
Tissue Specificity
epitope corresponding to amino acids 276-345 mapping within an N-terminal extracellular domain of Neuregulin-3 of human origin
recommended for detection of Neuregulin-3 of mouse, rat and human origin by WB, IP, IF and ELISA also reactive with additional species, including equine, canine and bovine
Additional Information
Form
Liquid
Storage Instructions
For short-term storage, store at 4° C. For long-term storage, aliquot and store at -20ºC or below. Avoid multiple freeze-thaw cycles.