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Designing a Western blot for IRF6? 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 IRF6 Western Blot GuideFacts about Interferon regulatory factor 6.
Plays a role in regulating mammary epithelial cell proliferation (By similarity). May regulate WDR65 transcription (By similarity).
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | IRF6 |
| Uniprot: | O14896 |
| Entrez: | 3664 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| IRF family |

interferon regulatory factor 6; IRF6; IRF-6; LPS; OFC6; OFC6PPS; PIT; PPS; Van der Woude syndrome; VWS; VWS1
Mass (kDA):
53.13 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 1q32.2 |
| Sequence: | 1; NC_000001.11 (209785617..209806175, complement) |
Expressed in normal mammary epithelial cells. Expression is reduced or absent in breast carcinomas.
Nucleus. Cytoplasm. Translocates to nucleus in response to an activating signal.





PMID: 16049006 by Bailey C.M., et al. Mammary serine protease inhibitor (Maspin) binds directly to interferon regulatory factor 6: identification of a novel serpin partnership.
PMID: 18212048 by Bailey C.M., et al. Interferon regulatory factor 6 promotes cell cycle arrest and is regulated by the proteasome in a cell cycle-dependent manner.