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Designing a Western blot for Collagen alpha-2(I) chain? The guide has the expected band size, antibodies backed by real blot images, the controls to run alongside, and protocols taken from published papers.
Open the COL1A2 Western Blot GuideDesigning an IHC experiment for Collagen alpha-2(I) chain? The guide has the expected staining pattern, antigen retrieval and fixation, antibodies backed by real IHC images, the tissue controls to run alongside, and protocols taken from published papers.
Open the COL1A2 IHC Guide7 Citations
Facts about Collagen alpha-2(I) chain.
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | COL1A2 |
| Uniprot: | P08123 |
| Entrez: | 1278 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| fibrillar collagen family |

alpha 2(I)-collagen; Alpha-2 type I collagen; collagen alpha-2(I) chain; collagen I, alpha-2 polypeptide; collagen of skin, tendon and bone, alpha-2 chain; collagen, type I, alpha 2; OI4; osteogenesis imperfecta type IV; type I procollagen
Mass (kDA):
129.314 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 7q21.3 |
| Sequence: | 7; NC_000007.14 (94394895..94431227) |
Forms the fibrils of tendon, ligaments and bones. In bones the fibrils are mineralized with calcium hydroxyapatite.
Secreted, extracellular space, extracellular matrix.





PMID: 2824475 by de Wet W.J., et al. Organization of the human pro-alpha 2(I) collagen gene.
PMID: 9016532 by Dalgleish R.; The human type I collagen mutation database.