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Designing a Western blot for Nephrin? 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 NPHS1 Western Blot Guide3 Citations
Facts about Nephrin.
May anchor the podocyte slit diaphragm into the actin cytoskeleton. Plays a role in skeletal muscle formation through regulation of myoblast fusion (By similarity).
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | NPHS1 |
| Uniprot: | O60500 |
| Entrez: | 4868 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| immunoglobulin superfamily |

CNF; Nephrin; nephrosis 1, congenital, Finnish type (nephrin); NPHNCNF; NPHS1; Renal glomerulus-specific cell adhesion receptor
Mass (kDA):
134.742 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 19q13.12 |
| Sequence: | 19; NC_000019.10 (35825372..35851993, complement) |
Specifically expressed in podocytes of kidney glomeruli.
Cell membrane; Single-pass type I membrane protein. Predominantly located at podocyte slit diaphragm between podocyte foot processes. Also associated with podocyte apical plasma membrane.





PMID: 9660941 by Kestilae M., et al. Positionally cloned gene for a novel glomerular protein -- nephrin -- is mutated in congenital nephrotic syndrome.
PMID: 19309778 by Tikhomirov E., et al. Novel human pathological mutations. Gene symbol: NPHS1. Disease: congenital nephrotic syndrome, Finnish type.
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