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Designing a Western blot for MSI1? 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 MSI1 Western Blot GuideDesigning an IHC experiment for MSI1? The guide has the expected staining pattern, antigen retrieval and fixation, antibodies backed by real IHC images, the tissue controls to run alongside, and protocols taken from published papers.
Open the MSI1 IHC GuideFacts about RNA-binding protein Musashi homolog 1.
Binds RNA containing the sequence 5'- GUUAGUUAGUUAGUU-3' along with other sequences containing the pattern 5'- [GA]U(1-3)AGU-3'. May play a role in the proliferation and maintenance of stem cells in the central nervous system (By similarity).
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | MSI1 |
| Uniprot: | O43347 |
| Entrez: | 4440 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| Musashi family |

MSI1; Musashi (Drosophila) homolog 1; musashi homolog 1 (Drosophila); Musashi1; Musashi-1; RNA-binding protein Musashi homolog 1
Mass (kDA):
39.125 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 12q24.31 |
| Sequence: | 12; NC_000012.12 (120339662..120369174, complement) |
Detected in fetal kidney, brain, liver and lung, and in adult brain and pancreas. Detected in hepatoma cell lines.
Cytoplasm. Nucleus.




PMID: 9790759 by Good P., et al. The human Musashi homolog 1 (MSI1) gene encoding the homologue of Musashi/Nrp-1, a neural RNA-binding protein putatively expressed in CNS stem cells and neural progenitor cells.
PMID: 12054577 by Shu H.-J., et al. Expression of the Musashi1 gene encoding the RNA-binding protein in human hepatoma cell lines.