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Designing a Western blot for POU5F1? 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 POU5F1 Western Blot GuideFacts about POU domain, class 5, transcription factor 1.
Critical for early embryogenesis and for embryonic stem cell pluripotency. .
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | POU5F1 |
| Uniprot: | Q01860 |
| Entrez: | 5460 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| POU transcription factor family |

class 5, transcription factor 1; MGC22487; Oct-3; OCT3Oct4; Oct-4; Octamer-binding protein 3; otc-4; OTF3POU domain class 5, transcription factor 1; OTF4; POU class 5 homeobox 1; POU-type homeodomain-containing DNA-binding protein
Mass (kDA):
38.571 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 6p21.33 |
| Sequence: | 6; NC_000006.12 (31164337..31170682, complement) |
Expressed in developing brain. Highest levels found in specific cell layers of the cortex, the olfactory bulb, the hippocampus and the cerebellum. Low levels of expression in adult tissues.
Cytoplasm. Nucleus. Expressed in a diffuse and slightly punctuate pattern. Colocalizes with MAPK8 and MAPK9 in the nucleus.






PMID: 1408763 by Takeda J., et al. Human Oct3 gene family: cDNA sequences, alternative splicing, gene organization, chromosomal location, and expression at low levels in adult tissues.
PMID: 20604894 by Stuart P.E., et al. Comparison of MHC class I risk haplotypes in Thai and Caucasian psoriatics shows locus heterogeneity at PSORS1.
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