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Designing a Western blot for Lactadherin? 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 Lactadherin.
Contributes to phagocytic removal of apoptotic cells in many tissues. Specific ligand for the alpha-v/beta-3 and alpha-v/beta-5 receptors.
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | MFGE8 |
| Uniprot: | Q08431 |
| Entrez: | 4240 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| No superfamily |

BA46; Breast epithelial antigen BA46; EDIL1; hP47; HsT19888; lactadherin; Lactahedrin; Medin; MFG1; MFGE8; MFG-E8; MFGM; milk fat globule-EGF factor 8 protein; Milk fat globule-EGF factor 8; O-acetyl disialoganglioside synthase; OAcGD3S; SED1; SPAG10; sperm associated antigen 10; sperm surface protein hP47
Mass (kDA):
43.105 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 15q26.1 |
| Sequence: | 15; NC_000015.10 (88898683..88913405, complement) |
Mammary epithelial cell surfaces and aortic media. Overexpressed in several carcinomas.
Membrane; Peripheral membrane protein. Secreted.




PMID: 8639264 by Couto J.R., et al. Cloning and sequence analysis of human breast epithelial antigen BA46 reveals an RGD cell adhesion sequence presented on an epidermal growth factor-like domain.
PMID: 1909932 by Larocca D., et al. A Mr 46,000 human milk fat globule protein that is highly expressed in human breast tumors contains factor VIII-like domains.
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