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Designing a Western blot for IFNAR2? 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 IFNAR2 Western Blot Guide1 Citations
Facts about Interferon alpha/beta receptor 2.
Involved in IFN-mediated STAT1, STAT2 and STAT3 activation (PubMed:26424569). Isoform 1 and isoform 2 are directly involved in signal transduction because of their association with the TYR kinase, JAK1 (PubMed:8181059, PubMed:7665574, PubMed:7759950).
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | IFNAR2 |
| Uniprot: | P48551 |
| Entrez: | 3455 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| type II cytokine receptor family |

beta receptor10; human interferon alpha; human interferon alpha/beta receptor; IFNABR; IFN-alpha binding protein; IFN-alpha/beta R2; IFN-alpha/beta receptor 2; IFN-alpha-REC; IFNAR2; IFN-aR2; IFNARB; IFNbR2; IFN-bR2; IFN-R; IFN-R-2; interferon (alpha, beta and omega) receptor 2; Interferon alpha binding protein; interferon alpha/beta receptor 2; interferon-alpha/beta receptor beta chain; Type I interferon receptor 2
Mass (kDA):
57.759 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 21q22.11 |
| Sequence: | 21; NC_000021.9 (33229895..33265664) |
Isoform 3 is detected in the urine (at protein level) (PubMed:8181059, PubMed:7759950). Expressed in blood cells. Expressed in lymphoblastoid and fibrosarcoma cell lines.
[Isoform 1]: Cell membrane; Single-pass type I membrane protein.; [Isoform 2]: Cell membrane; Single-pass type I membrane protein.; [Isoform 3]: Secreted.





PMID: 8181059 by Novick D., et al. The human interferon alpha/beta receptor: characterization and molecular cloning.
PMID: 7588638 by Lutfalla G., et al. Mutant U5A cells are complemented by an interferon-alpha beta receptor subunit generated by alternative processing of a new member of a cytokine receptor gene cluster.
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