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Designing a Western blot for Heat shock protein beta-8? 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 HSPB8 Western Blot GuideDesigning an IHC experiment for Heat shock protein beta-8? 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 HSPB8 IHC Guide
Facts about Heat shock protein beta-8.
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | HSPB8 |
| Uniprot: | Q9UJY1 |
| Entrez: | 26353 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| small heat shock protein (HSP20) family |

Alpha-crystallin C chain; CMT2L; CRYAC; DHMN2; E2IG1; E2IG1E2-induced gene 1 protein; H11; H11DHMN2; heat shock 22kDa protein 8; heat shock 27kDa protein 8; heat shock protein beta-8; HMN2; HMN2A; HSP22; HSP22CMT2L; HSPB8; Protein kinase H11; Small stress protein-like protein HSP22
Mass (kDA):
21.604 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 12q24.23 |
| Sequence: | 12; NC_000012.12 (119178931..119194746) |
Predominantly expressed in skeletal muscle and heart.
Cytoplasm. Nucleus. Translocates to nuclear foci during heat shock.






PMID: 11085516 by Charpentier A.H., et al. Effects of estrogen on global gene expression: identification of novel targets of estrogen action.
PMID: 11342557 by Benndorf R., et al. HSP22, a new member of the small heat shock protein superfamily, interacts with mimic of phosphorylated HSP27 (3DHSP27).