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Designing a Western blot for FOXA2? 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 FOXA2 Western Blot Guide1 Citations
Facts about Hepatocyte nuclear factor 3-beta.
Binds DNA using the consensus sequence 5'-[AC]A[AT]T[AG]TT[GT][AG][CT]T[CT]-3' (By similarity). In embryonic development is required for notochord formation.
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | FOXA2 |
| Uniprot: | Q9Y261 |
| Entrez: | 3170 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| No superfamily |

forkhead box A2; Forkhead box protein A2; FoxA2; hepatic nuclear factor-3-beta; hepatocyte nuclear factor 3, beta; hepatocyte nuclear factor 3-beta; HNF3 beta; HNF-3 beta; HNF-3B; HNF-3-beta; HNF3BTCF-3B; MGC19807; TCF3B; Transcription factor 3B
Mass (kDA):
48.306 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 20p11.21 |
| Sequence: | 20; NC_000020.11 (22580998..22585490, complement) |
Nucleus. Cytoplasm. Shuttles between the nucleus and cytoplasm in a CRM1-dependent manner; in response to insulin signaling via AKT1 is exported from the nucleus.




PMID: 10672453 by Yamada S., et al. Cloning of cDNA and the gene encoding human hepatocyte nuclear factor (HNF)-3 beta and mutation screening in Japanese subjects with maturity-onset diabetes of the young.
PMID: 10899756 by Navas M.A., et al. The human HNF-3 genes: cloning, partial sequence and mutation screening in patients with impaired glucose homeostasis.