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Designing a Western blot for TFRC? 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 TFRC Western Blot GuideDesigning an IHC experiment for TFRC? 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 TFRC IHC GuideFacts about Transferrin receptor protein 1.
The apotransferrin-receptor complex is then recycled to the cell surface with a return to neutral pH and the concomitant loss of affinity of apotransferrin for its receptor. Transferrin receptor is necessary for development of erythrocytes and the nervous system (By similarity).
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | TFRC |
| Uniprot: | P02786 |
| Entrez: | 7037 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| peptidase M28 family |

CD71 antigen; CD71; CD71TRFR; OX26 monoclonal; OX26 transferrin receptor; p90; T9; TfR (Transferrin R); TfR (TransferrinR); TfR; TFR1; TFRC; TR; transferrin receptor (p90, CD71); transferrin receptor protein 1; TRFR
Mass (kDA):
84.871 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 3q29 |
| Sequence: | 3; NC_000003.12 (196018694..196082123, complement) |
Cell membrane; Single-pass type II membrane protein. Melanosome. Identified by mass spectrometry in melanosome fractions from stage I to stage IV.; [Transferrin receptor protein 1, serum form]: Secreted.






PMID: 6090955 by Schneider C., et al. Primary structure of human transferrin receptor deduced from the mRNA sequence.
PMID: 6094009 by McClelland A., et al. The human transferrin receptor gene: genomic organization, and the complete primary structure of the receptor deduced from a cDNA sequence.
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