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Designing a Western blot for Integrin alpha-4? 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 ITGA4 Western Blot Guide5 Citations
Facts about Integrin alpha-4.
Integrin alpha- 4/beta-1 recognizes the sequence Q-I-D-S in VCAM1. Integrin alpha- 4/beta-7 is also a receptor for MADCAM1.
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | ITGA4 |
| Uniprot: | P13612 |
| Entrez: | 3676 |

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

269C wild type; CD49 antigen-like family member D; CD49d antigen; CD49d; CD49Dantigen CD49D, alpha-4 subunit of VLA-4 receptor; IA4; Integrin alpha 4; integrin alpha-4 subunit; integrin alpha-4; Integrin alpha-IV; integrin, alpha 4 (antigen CD49D, alpha 4 subunit of VLA-4 receptor); ITGA4; MGC90518; very late activation protein 4 receptor, alpha 4 subunit; VLA-4 subunit alpha; VLA-4
Mass (kDA):
114.9 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 2q31.3 |
| Sequence: | 2; NC_000002.12 (181456892..181538940) |
Membrane; Single-pass type I membrane protein.





PMID: 2788572 by Takada Y., et al. The primary structure of the alpha 4 subunit of VLA-4: homology to other integrins and a possible cell-cell adhesion function.
PMID: 1551405 by Rubio M., et al. A single mRNA encodes the alpha 150 and alpha 80/70 forms of the alpha subunit of VLA4.