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Designing a Western blot for DNA polymerase beta? 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 POLB Western Blot GuideDesigning an IHC experiment for DNA polymerase beta? 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 POLB IHC GuideFacts about DNA polymerase beta.
Conducts'gap-filling' DNA synthesis in a stepwise distributive fashion rather than in a processive fashion as for other DNA polymerases. .
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | POLB |
| Uniprot: | P06746 |
| Entrez: | 5423 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| DNA polymerase type-X family |

DNA pol beta; DNA polymerase beta subunit; DNA Polymerase beta; EC 2.7.7.7; EC 4.2.99.-; MGC125976; POLB; polymerase (DNA directed), beta
Mass (kDA):
38.178 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 8p11.21 |
| Sequence: | 8; NC_000008.11 (42338452..42371810) |
Nucleus. Cytoplasm. Cytoplasmic in normal conditions. Translocates to the nucleus following DNA damage.






PMID: 10648175 by Patterson T.A., et al. Molecular cloning and high-level expression of human polymerase beta cDNA and comparison of the purified recombinant human and rat enzymes.
PMID: 7705833 by Dobashi Y., et al. Polymorphisms in the human DNA polymerase beta gene.