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Designing a Western blot for Ferritin heavy chain? 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 Ferritin heavy chain.
Has ferroxidase activity. Iron is taken up in the ferrous form and deposited as ferric hydroxides after oxidation.
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | FTH1 |
| Uniprot: | P02794 |
| Entrez: | 2495 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| ferritin family |

apoferritin; Cell proliferation-inducing gene 15 protein; Ferritin H subunit; ferritin heavy chain; ferritin, heavy polypeptide 1; FHC; FTHEC 1.16.3.1; FTHL6MGC104426; PIG15; placenta immunoregulatory factor; PLIF; proliferation-inducing protein 15
Mass (kDA):
21.226 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 11q12.3 |
| Sequence: | 11; NC_000011.10 (61964285..61967634, complement) |
Expressed in the liver.





PMID: 6323167 by Costanzo F., et al. Cloning and sequencing of a full length cDNA coding for a human apoferritin H chain: evidence for a multigene family.
PMID: 3840162 by Boyd D., et al. Structural and functional relationships of human ferritin H and L chains deduced from cDNA clones.
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