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Docket #: S01-245E

Anti-Pbx3b monoclonal antibody

Researchers in the laboratory of Dr. Michael Cleary at Stanford University have developed anti-Pbx3b monoclonal antibodies to study transcriptional regulation and embryonic development. Pbx proteins comprise a set of four TALE (three amino acid loop extension) class homeodomain transcription factors that are implicated in developmental gene expression. They form hetero-oligomeric DNA-binding complexes and function as transcriptional regulators in cells of different developmental lineages.

Pbx3 is expressed in high levels predominantly in the developing central nervous system, including a region of the medulla oblongata that is implicated in the control of respiration. Pbx3-deficient mice die within a few hours of birth from central respiratory failure and provide a model for congential central hypoventiliation syndrome. Pbx3 encodes the alternatively spliced Pbx3a and Pbx3b isoform proteins. Pbx3b is the low molecular-weight protein form. It has been localized to various tissues of the central and peripheral nervous systems during mouse embryogenesis (to a lesser extent than Pbx3a). The anti-Pbx3b antibodies could be used in research related to central nervous system and respiratory development.

Applications

  • Research related to:
    • embryonic development (particularly in the central nervous system and respiratory system)
    • transcriptional regulation

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