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Designing a Western blot for Myelin basic protein? The guide has the expected band size, antibodies backed by real blot images, the controls to run alongside, and protocols taken from published papers.
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Facts about Myelin basic protein.
The smaller isoforms might have an important role in remyelination of denuded axons in multiple sclerosis. The non- classic group of MBP isoforms (isoform 1-isoform 3/Golli-MBPs) may preferentially have a role in the early developing brain long before myelination, possibly as components of transcriptional complexes, and may also be involved in signaling pathways in T- cells and neural cells.
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | MBP |
| Uniprot: | P02686 |
| Entrez: | 4155 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| myelin basic protein family |

Hmbpr; MBP; MGC99675; mld; Myelin A1 protein; myelin basic protein; Myelin membrane encephalitogenic protein; shi
Mass (kDA):
33.117 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 18q23 |
| Sequence: | 18; NC_000018.10 (76978833..77133708, complement) |
MBP isoforms are found in both the central and the peripheral nervous system, whereas Golli-MBP isoforms are expressed in fetal thymus, spleen and spinal cord, as well as in cell lines derived from the immune system.
Myelin membrane; Peripheral membrane protein; Cytoplasmic side. Cytoplasmic side of myelin.; [Isoform 3]: Nucleus. Targeted to nucleus in oligodendrocytes.






PMID: 4108501 by Carnegie P.R.; Amino acid sequence of the encephalitogenic basic protein from human myelin.
PMID: 2427738 by Roth H.J., et al. Isolation and characterization of a cDNA coding for a novel human 17.3K myelin basic protein (MBP) variant.
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