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Designing a Western blot for Activin receptor type-2A? 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 ACVR2A Western Blot GuideFacts about Activin receptor type-2A.
Receptor for activin A, activin B and inhibin A. Mediates induction of adipogenesis by GDF6 (By similarity).
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | ACVR2A |
| Uniprot: | P27037 |
| Entrez: | 92 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| protein kinase superfamily |

activin A receptor, type II; activin A receptor, type IIA; Activin receptor type IIA; activin receptor type-2A; Activin RIIA; ActivinRIIA; ACTRII; ACTRIIA; ACVR2A; ACVR2ACTR-IIA; AVR2A; EC 2.7.11; EC 2.7.11.30
Mass (kDA):
57.848 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 2q22.3-q23.1 |
| Sequence: | 2; NC_000002.12 (147844517..147930827) |
Membrane; Single-pass type I membrane protein.




PMID: 1311955 by Matzuk M.M., et al. Cloning of the human activin receptor cDNA reveals high evolutionary conservation.
PMID: 1314589 by Donaldson C.J., et al. Molecular cloning and binding properties of the human type II activin receptor.