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Designing a Western blot for Contactin-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.
Open the CNTN1 Western Blot Guide2 Citations
Facts about Contactin-1.
Participates in oligodendrocytes creation by acting as a ligand of NOTCH1. Its association with NOTCH1 promotes NOTCH1 activation through the released notch intracellular domain (NICD) and subsequent translocation into the nucleus.
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | CNTN1 |
| Uniprot: | Q12860 |
| Entrez: | 1272 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| immunoglobulin superfamily |

CNTN1; contactin 1; Contactin1; Contactin-1; F11; F3; F3cam; Glycoprotein gp135; GP135; Neural cell surface protein F3
Mass (kDA):
113.32 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 12q12 |
| Sequence: | 12; NC_000012.12 (40692429..41072415) |
Strongly expressed in brain and in neuroblastoma and retinoblastoma cell lines. Lower levels of expression in lung, pancreas, kidney and skeletal muscle.
[Isoform 1]: Cell membrane; Lipid-anchor, GPI-anchor; Extracellular side.; [Isoform 2]: Cell membrane; Lipid-anchor, GPI-anchor; Extracellular side.





PMID: 8164510 by Reid R.A., et al. Identification and characterization of the human cell adhesion molecule contactin.
PMID: 7959734 by Berglund E.O., et al. Molecular cloning and in situ localization of the human contactin gene (CNTN1) on chromosome 12q11-q12.
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