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MSTN Antibodies
AND MSTN ELISA kits, MSTN Proteins
Many biological assays use antibodies to detect MSTN, such as Western Blot (WB), ELISA, Flow Cytometry, Immunocytochemistry (IHC). These antibodies can be polyclonal or monoclonal, and react with MSTN in Human, Mouse, Rat, and many other animal samples. Boster Bio use mainly mouse and rabbit to develop MSTN antibodies...
Designing a Western blot for MSTN? 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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All MSTN Products
Product
Figures
Specificity
Applications
Price
Human Myostatin/GDF8 ELISA Kit PicoKine®
1 Citations
Human
ELISA
$499
Cat # EK1265
96 wells/kit, with removable strips.
Cat # EK1265
96 wells/kit, with removable strips.
Mouse
ELISA
$499
Cat # EK1266
96 wells/kit, with removable strips.
Cat # EK1266
96 wells/kit, with removable strips.
Rat
ELISA
$499
Cat # EK1267
96 wells/kit, with removable strips.
Cat # EK1267
96 wells/kit, with removable strips.
Human
ELISA, Flow Cytometry, Functional Assay, Kinetics
$486
Cat # M01508-5
100 μg
Cat # M01508-5
100 μg
Bovine, Chicken, Human, Mouse, Rat
ELISA, Flow Cytometry, Functional Assay, Kinetics
$486
Cat # M00926-4
100 μg
Cat # M00926-4
100 μg
Human, Mouse
ELISA, Flow Cytometry, Functional Assay, Kinetics
$486
Cat # M00926-3
100 μg
Cat # M00926-3
100 μg
Human
ELISA, Flow Cytometry, Functional Assay, Kinetics
$486
Cat # M00926-2
100 μg
Cat # M00926-2
100 μg
Human
$628
Cat # LS002660
20 µg, 100 µg
Cat # LS002660
20 µg, 100 µg
MSTN Overview
Facts about Growth/differentiation factor 8.
Growth/differentiation factor 8 (MSTN)
Acts especially as a negative regulator of skeletal muscle development. .
Gene Information
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | MSTN |
| Uniprot: | O14793 |
| Entrez: | 2660 |
Family
| Belongs to: |
|---|
| TGF-beta family |
Alternative Names
GDF8; GDF-8; GDF8growth differentiation factor 8; growth/differentiation factor 8; MSLHP; MSTN; Myostatin
Molecular Weight
Mass (kDA):
42.75 kDA
Genomic Context
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 2q32.2 |
| Sequence: | 2; NC_000002.12 (190055700..190062729, complement) |
Subcellular Localizations
Secreted.
Diseases
- Hypertrophy
- Muscular Atrophy
- Atrophy
- Muscular Dystrophy
- Dystrophy
- Myopathy
- Hyperplasia
- Obesity
- Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne
- Cachexia
- Fibrosis
- Diabetes Mellitus
Interacting Proteins
- ACVR2B
- BMP1
- FURIN
- WFIKKN1
Pathways
- Muscle Hypertrophy
- Regeneration
- Muscle Atrophy
- Cell Proliferation
- Myoblast Proliferation
- Aging
- Secretion
- Cell Cycle
- Skeletal Muscle Hypertrophy
- Hatching
- Proteolysis
- Cell Growth
- Satellite Cell Proliferation
PTMs
- Phosphorylation
- Cleavage
- Oxidation
- Glycosylation
For details, visit:
bosterbio.com/bosterbio-gene-info-cards/MSTN
bosterbio.com/bosterbio-gene-info-cards/MSTN
References
PMID: 9356471 by McPherron A.C., et al. Double muscling in cattle due to mutations in the myostatin gene.
PMID: 9843994 by Gonzalez-Cadavid N.F., et al. Organization of the human myostatin gene and expression in healthy men and HIV-infected men with muscle wasting.