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Designing a Western blot for Lymphocyte antigen 6E? 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 LY6E Western Blot GuideFacts about Lymphocyte antigen 6E.
Involved in T-cell development.
Believed to serve as a modulator of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) activity.In vitro inhibits alpha-3:beta-4-containing nAChRs maximum reaction. .
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | LY6E |
| Uniprot: | Q16553 |
| Entrez: | 4061 |

| Belongs to: |
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| No superfamily |

Ly6E; Ly-6E; lymphocyte antigen 6 complex, locus E; Retinoic acid-induced gene E protein; RIGE; RIGE9804; RIG-Ely-6E; SCA2; SCA2Ly-6E; SCA-2lymphocyte antigen 6E; Stem cell antigen 2; Thymic shared antigen 1; TSA1; TSA-1retinoic acid induced gene E
Mass (kDA):
13.507 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 8q24.3 |
| Sequence: | 8; NC_000008.11 (143018485..143022410) |
Widely expressed, predominantly in liver, kidney, ovary, spleen and peripheral blood Leukocytes.
Cell membrane; Lipid-anchor, GPI-anchor.





PMID: 8650192 by Mao M., et al. RIG-E, a human homolog of the murine Ly-6 family, is induced by retinoic acid during the differentiation of acute promyelocytic leukemia cell.
PMID: 8757598 by Capone M.C., et al. Identification through bioinformatics of cDNAs encoding human thymic shared Ag-1/stem cell Ag-2: a new member of the human Ly-6 family.