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Designing a Western blot for GABRA1? 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 GABRA1 Western Blot GuideDesigning an IHC experiment for GABRA1? The guide has the expected staining pattern, antigen retrieval and fixation, antibodies backed by real IHC images, the tissue controls to run alongside, and protocols taken from published papers.
Open the GABRA1 IHC GuideFacts about Gamma-aminobutyric acid receptor subunit alpha-1.
Functions as receptor for diazepines and various anesthetics, such as pentobarbital; those are bound at a different allosteric effector binding site. Functions as ligand- gated chloride channel (By similarity).
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | GABRA1 |
| Uniprot: | P14867 |
| Entrez: | 2554 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| ligand-gated ion channel (TC 1.A.9) family |

ECA4; EJM; EJM5GABA(A) receptor subunit alpha-1; GABA A R alpha 1; GABAAR alpha 1; GABAARa1; GABRA1; gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) A receptor, alpha 1; gamma-aminobutyric acid receptor subunit alpha-1
Mass (kDA):
51.802 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 5q34 |
| Sequence: | 5; NC_000005.10 (161847191..161899971) |
Cell junction, synapse, postsynaptic cell membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein. Cell membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein. Cytoplasmic vesicle membrane.





PMID: 2465923 by Schofield P.R., et al. Sequence and expression of human GABAA receptor alpha 1 and beta 1 subunits.
PMID: 2847710 by Garrett K.M., et al. Isolation of a cDNA clone for the alpha subunit of the human GABA-A receptor.
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