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Histone H4 Phosphorylation: Affecting Liver Regeneration and Cancer

Histones are highly conserved proteins that function in the organization of nuclear DNA to create chromatin in eukaryotic cells. Post-translational alterations of histones are critical to monitoring and regulating DNA structure, expression, and gene transcription.

COBRA1: A Key Player in Transcriptional Pausing

Co-factor of BRCA1, also known as COBRA1, was first identified as a protein that binds to the tumour suppressor protein encoded by the breast cancer susceptibility gene BRCA1 (1). It was subsequently found to be identical to subunit B of the Negative Elongation Factor (NELF) complex (2). NELF is composed of four subunits (A, B, C or D, and E) and plays a pivotal role in the transcriptional pausing of RNA polymerase II.

Auditory Infographic: Can you hear me now?

The auditory process involves several structures of the ear to convert sound waves into information that is processed by our brain. Learn more about the auditory process in our infographic below. Auditory Infographic Novus Biologicals offers reagents mentioned in the infographic including:

SM047: A Powerful Ovarian Carcinoma Marker

The SM047 antibody is an IgM monoclonal antibody that was developed by McCluggage's group at the UK Royal Group of Hospitals and recognizes a multivalent antigen from ovarian carcinoma (OvC) cells (1). Early studies indicate that the epitope is specifically expressed in the adenocarcinoma glycocalyx, and is most strongly expressed in serous OvC subtypes.

TRPV1: Show Me Where it Hurts

Marking Hypoxia and Cancer with CAIX

Carbonic anhydrase IX (CAIX) is a member of the carbonic anhydrase family - enzymes that enable the rapid conversion of carbon dioxide and water into carbonic acid, protons, and bicarbonate ions. Carbonic anhydrases have a widespread role in regulating pH in normal tissues and are abundantly found in all mammalian tissues. CAIX itself is one of the most hypoxically-inducible genes due to its stability and membrane location.

Novus Knows the Nose: Sniffing Out the Olfactory Pathway

The process of smelling, also known as olfaction, involves thousands of olfactory receptors that transmit signals to the brain. Learn more about the olfactory process in the infographic below.

Olfactory Infographic

Novus Biologicals offers olfactory related research reagents including:

Understanding Actin Alpha 2 Smooth Muscle

Actins are extremely highly conserved structural proteins found in all eukaryotic cell cytoskeletons that govern cell structure, movement, and shape integrity. Six distinct actin isoforms, each encoded by a different gene and developmentally-regulated as well as tissue-specific-regulated, have been identified in mammalian cells. The alpha and beta isotypes are cytoplasmic and expressed in a wide variety of cells.

ATG5, Autophagy and Apoptosis

ATG5 is a member of the ATG family that regulates autophagy, the evolutionary conserved homeostatic response to a diverse variety of self- and foreign-originating cellular stresses. ATG5 is ubiquitously expressed in cells and found co-localized with cytoplasmic non-muscle actin under normal resting conditions, but upon the triggering of apoptosis, ATG5 expression dramatically ramps up, and ATG5 directly conjugates with other related ATG family proteins to form autophagosomes.

GAPDH: More than a Loading Control

GAPDH is a 146 kDa tetramer metabolic enzyme within the glycolytic pathway that reversibly oxidatively phosphorylates glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate. It may have other additional functions in transcriptional activation. It is highly expressed due to its housekeeping functional role, and the prevalent expression of GAPDH has facilitated its use as an internal loading control – traditionally for mRNA expression comparisons – but also in protein studies.

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