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Designing a Western blot for FGFR4? 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 FGFR4 Western Blot GuideFacts about Fibroblast growth factor receptor 4.
Phosphorylates PLCG1 and FRS2. Ligand binding leads to the activation of several signaling cascades.
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | FGFR4 |
| Uniprot: | P22455 |
| Entrez: | 2264 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| protein kinase superfamily |

CD334 antigen; CD334; EC 2.7.10; EC 2.7.10.1; FGF R4; FGFR4; FGFR-4; fibroblast growth factor receptor 4; JTK2hydroxyaryl-protein kinase; MGC20292; protein-tyrosine kinase; TKF; tyrosine kinase related to fibroblast growth factor receptor; tyrosylprotein kinase
Mass (kDA):
87.954 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 5q35.2 |
| Sequence: | 5; NC_000005.10 (177086915..177098144) |
Expressed in gastrointestinal epithelial cells, pancreas, and gastric and pancreatic cancer cell lines.
Cell membrane; Single-pass type I membrane protein. Endosome. Endoplasmic reticulum. Internalized from the cell membrane to recycling endosomes, and from there back to the cell membrane.; [Isoform 2]: Secreted.; [Isoform 3]: Cytoplasm.





PMID: 1709094 by Partanen J.M., et al. FGFR-4, a novel acidic fibroblast growth factor receptor with a distinct expression pattern.
PMID: 7680645 by Ron D., et al. Fibroblast growth factor receptor 4 is a high affinity receptor for both acidic and basic fibroblast growth factor but not for keratinocyte growth factor.