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Designing a Western blot for Integrin alpha-3? 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 ITGA3 Western Blot Guide3 Citations
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Facts about Integrin alpha-3.
Alpha- 3/beta-1 may mediate with LGALS3 the stimulation by CSPG4 of endothelial cells migration. .
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | ITGA3 |
| Uniprot: | P26006 |
| Entrez: | 3675 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| integrin alpha chain family |

antigen identified by monoclonal J143; CD49 antigen-like family member C; CD49c antigen; CD49c; FLJ34631; FLJ34704; FRP-2; Galactoprotein B3; GAP-B3; GAPB3CD49C; Integrin alpha 3; integrin alpha-3; integrin, alpha 3 (antigen CD49C, alpha 3 subunit of VLA-3 receptor); ITGA3; MSK18; VCA-2; very late activation protein 3 receptor, alpha-3 subunit; VL3A; VLA-3 subunit alpha; VLA3a
Mass (kDA):
116.612 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 17q21.33 |
| Sequence: | 17; NC_000017.11 (50056065..50090481) |
Isoform 1 is widely expressed. Isoform 2 is expressed in brain and heart. In brain, both isoforms are exclusively expressed on vascular smooth muscle cells, whereas in heart isoform 1 is strongly expressed on vascular smooth muscle cells, isoform 2 is detected only on endothelial vein cells.
Cell membrane; Single-pass type I membrane protein. Cell membrane; Lipid-anchor. Cell projection, invadopodium membrane; Single-pass type I membrane protein. Cell projection, filopodium membrane; Single-pass type I membrane protein. Enriched preferentially at invadopodia, cell membrane protrusions that correspond to sites of cell invasion, in a collagen-dependent manner.





PMID: 1655803 by Takada Y., et al. Molecular cloning and expression of the cDNA for alpha 3 subunit of human alpha 3 beta 1 (VLA-3), an integrin receptor for fibronectin, laminin, and collagen.
PMID: 1714443 by Tsuji T., et al. Identification of human galactoprotein b3, an oncogenic transformation-induced membrane glycoprotein, as VLA-3 alpha subunit: the primary structure of human integrin alpha 3.
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