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Designing a Western blot for OMG? 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 OMG Western Blot GuideFacts about Oligodendrocyte-myelin glycoprotein.
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | OMG |
| Uniprot: | P23515 |
| Entrez: | 4974 |

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

oligodendrocyte myelin glycoprotein; OMG; OMgp; OMGPoligodendrocyte-myelin glycoprotein
Mass (kDA):
49.608 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 17q11.2 |
| Sequence: | 17; NC_000017.11 (31294647..31297239, complement) |
Oligodendrocytes and myelin of the central nervous system.
Cell membrane; Lipid-anchor, GPI-anchor.




PMID: 1899288 by Viskochil D., et al. The gene encoding the oligodendrocyte-myelin glycoprotein is embedded within the neurofibromatosis type 1 gene.
PMID: 1688857 by Mikol D.D., et al. The oligodendrocyte-myelin glycoprotein belongs to a distinct family of proteins and contains the HNK-1 carbohydrate.