Tubulin Products

Description

Tubulins comprise an important family of globular proteins, which commonly form microtubules for cytoskeltal structure. The most common Tubulin isoforms are alpha, beta and gamma tubulin. Alpha Tubulin is a fairly ubiquitous microtubule component, whereas beta Tubulin is specific to neuronal microtubules. Gamma Tubulin is primarily found in centrosomes and spindle pole bodies, where it is critical for proper nucleation and polar orientation of microtubules. The final tubulin family members, delta and episilon Tubulin, are less well studied but thought to be associated with mitotic spindle formation. Tubulin antibodies are very useful as controls for protein standarization and in both cytoskeletan and cell cycle studies.

Bioinformatics

Entrez	20766 Mouse 22142 Mouse 64158 Rat 7846 Human
Uniprot	P02550 Porcine Q71U36 Human
Product By Gene ID	7846
Alternate Names	Alpha-tubulin 3 B-ALPHA-1 FLJ25113 hum-a-tub2 LIS3 TUBA3hum-a-tub1 tubulin alpha-1A chain Tubulin alpha-3 chain Tubulin B-alpha-1 tubulin, alpha 1a tubulin, alpha 3 tubulin, alpha, brain-specific

Research Areas for Tubulin

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Cell Cycle and Replication
Cytoskeleton Markers
Loading Controls
Neuroscience

Related Tubulin Blog Posts

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The use of actin as a loading control in research on fruiting-body development and vegetative growth in Sordaria macrospora research Sordaria macrospora is a filamentous fungus that serves as very useful system for scientific research due to a short life cycle and easy manipulation.  Just like any other model organism, it is important to have an effective loading control to va...    Read more.

The use of Beta Actin (AC-15) as a loading control across multiple species Actin is a fundamental component of the cytoskeleton, where it has the ability to create and break down actin filament formation in response to various cell needs.  Actin has six highly conserved isoforms, however beta and gamma actin are the two...    Read more.

Who Needs Antibodies for Tubulin Modifications? Tubulin is a heterodimeric complex composed of alpha and beta subunits. Just like histones, tubulin can undergo post-translational modification, to affect cellular function. Novus Biologicals offers a large database of modified Tubulin antibody produc...    Read more.

The GAPDH Antibody in Western Blot Assays The loading controls on our antibody database are widely used in gel electrophoresis and Western blotting studies. Products like the GAPDH antibody detect "housekeeping" proteins which are abundantly distributed in cells. This makes them useful for ch...    Read more.

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