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Designing a Western blot for Aquaporin-1? The guide has the expected band size, antibodies backed by real blot images, the controls to run alongside, and protocols taken from published papers.
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Facts about Aquaporin-1.
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | AQP1 |
| Uniprot: | P29972 |
| Entrez: | 358 |

| Belongs to: |
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| MIP/aquaporin (TC 1.A.8) family |

28-kDa; AQP1; AQP-1; AQP-CHIP; aquaporin 1 (channel-forming integral protein, 28kDa); aquaporin 1 (Colton blood group); Aquaporin 1; Aquaporin-CHIP; CHIP28; CHIP2828kDa, CO blood group); CO; MGC26324
Mass (kDA):
28.526 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 7p14.3 |
| Sequence: | 7; NC_000007.14 (30911853..30925516) |
Detected in erythrocytes (at protein level). Expressed in a number of tissues including erythrocytes, renal tubules, retinal pigment epithelium, heart, lung, skeletal muscle, kidney and pancreas. Weakly expressed in brain, placenta and liver.
Cell membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein.





PMID: 1722319 by Preston G.M., et al. Isolation of the cDNA for erythrocyte integral membrane protein of 28 kilodaltons: member of an ancient channel family.
PMID: 8340403 by Moon C., et al. The human aquaporin-CHIP gene. Structure, organization, and chromosomal localization.
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