品牌:CST,产品名称:PAX2 Antibody #9666 英文名称:PAX2 Antibody Product name:PAX2 Antibody #9666 Isotype:Rabbit IgG Sensitivity:Endogenous MW(kDa):95 Applications:WB , IP , Purification: Polyclonal antibodies are produced by immunizing animals with a synthetic peptide corresponding to residues surrounding His282 of human PAX2 protein. Antibodies are purified by protein A and peptide affinity chromatography. Background: Paired box (PAX) proteins are a family of transcription factors that play important and diverse roles in animal development (1). Nine PAX proteins (PAX1-9) have been described in humans and other mammals. They are defined by the presence of an amino-terminal "paired" domain, consisting of two helix-turn-helix motifs, with DNA binding activity (2). PAX proteins are classified into four structurally distinct subgroups (I-IV) based on the absence or presence of a carboxy-terminal homeodomain and a central octapeptide region. Subgroup I (PAX1 and 9) contains the octapeptide but lacks the homeodomain; subgroup II (PAX2, 5, and 8) contains the octapeptide and a truncated homeodomain; subgroup III (PAX3 and 7) contains the octapeptide and a complete homeodomain; and subgroup IV (PAX4 and 6) contains a complete homeodomain but lacks the octapeptide region (2). PAX proteins play critically important roles in development by regulating transcriptional networks responsible for embryonic patterning and organogenesis (3); a subset of PAX proteins also maintain functional importance during postnatal development (4). Research studies have implicated genetic mutations that result in aberrant expression of PAX genes in a number of cancer subtypes (1-3), with members of subgroups II and III identified as potential mediators of tumor progression (2).PAX2 is involved in the development of the nervous and excretory systems including the kidney and urogentical tract, the optic stalk, ear, midbrain-hindbrain junction, and the spinal cord (5,6).