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Designing a Western blot for TFAP2A? The guide has the expected band size, antibodies backed by real blot images, the controls to run alongside, and protocols taken from published papers.
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Facts about Transcription factor AP-2-alpha.
They also suppress several genes such as MCAM/MUC18, C/EBP alpha and MYC. AP-2-alpha is the only AP-2 protein required for early morphogenesis of the lens vesicle.
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | TFAP2A |
| Uniprot: | P05549 |
| Entrez: | 7020 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| AP-2 family |

Activating enhancer-binding protein 2-alpha; Activator protein 2; AP-2 transcription factor; AP2-alpha; AP2TFAP-2alpha; AP-2transcription factor AP-2 alpha (activating enhancer-binding protein 2 alpha); BOFS; FLJ51761; TFAP2; transcription factor AP-2 alpha (activating enhancer binding protein 2 alpha); transcription factor AP-2-alpha
Mass (kDA):
48.062 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 6p24.3 |
| Sequence: | 6; NC_000006.12 (10396677..10420060, complement) |
Nucleus.






PMID: 3063603 by Williams T., et al. Cloning and expression of AP-2, a cell-type-specific transcription factor that activates inducible enhancer elements.
PMID: 8321221 by Buettner R., et al. An alternatively spliced mRNA from the AP-2 gene encodes a negative regulator of transcriptional activation by AP-2.
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