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Designing a Western blot for Ataxin-2? 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 ATXN2 Western Blot GuideFacts about Ataxin-2.
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | ATXN2 |
| Uniprot: | Q99700 |
| Entrez: | 6311 |

| Belongs to: |
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| ataxin-2 family |

ataxin 2; ataxin 2); ataxin-2; ATX2spinocerebellar ataxia 2 (olivopontocerebellar ataxia 2, autosomal dominant; SCA2FLJ46772; Spinocerebellar ataxia type 2 protein; TNRC13; trinucleotide repeat containing 13; Trinucleotide repeat-containing gene 13 protein
Mass (kDA):
140.283 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 12q24.12 |
| Sequence: | 12; NC_000012.12 (111452214..111599676, complement) |
Expressed in the brain, heart, liver, skeletal muscle, pancreas and placenta. Isoform 1 is predominant in the brain and spinal cord. Isoform 4 is more abundant in the cerebellum. In the brain, broadly expressed in the amygdala, caudate nucleus, corpus callosum, hippocampus, hypothalamus, substantia nigra, subthalamic nucleus and thalamus.
Cytoplasm.






PMID: 8896555 by Pulst S.-M., et al. Moderate expansion of a normally biallelic trinucleotide repeat in spinocerebellar ataxia type 2.
PMID: 8896556 by Sanpei K., et al. Identification of the spinocerebellar ataxia type 2 gene using a direct identification of repeat expansion and cloning technique, DIRECT.