Antibody catalog

The sense of taste involves the reaction of chemicals with nerve cells which send messages to the brain to create the perception of flavor. Learn more about taste and in the infographic below.

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Fanconi anemia (FANC) is a heterogenous, autosomal-recessive cancer susceptibility genetic disorder that is characterized by a wide array of symptoms, including congenital defects, progressive bone marrow failure due to DNA-damage hypersensitivity, chromosomal instability, and poor DNA repair. The protein FANCD2 is involved in mediating cellular resistance to DNA cross-linking and DNA synthesis arrest that is triggered by ionizing radiation (IR).

Eukaryotic chromosomes are formed through the highly organized and structural wrapping of DNA genetic material around histone proteins into the classic "bead on a string" globular structure of nucleosomes. The histone family consists of five family members - histone H1, H2A, H2B, H3, and H4.

Beclin 1 is the first mammalian gene identified as a mediator of autophagy, and plays important roles in development, tumorigenesis, and neurodegeneration.

Vision involves several parts of the eye processing light which send signals to the brain via the optic nerve to process information. Learn more about the vision process and related ocular proteins in the infographic below.

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IRE1 resides in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) as a transmembrane protein with both serine-threonine kinase and endoribonuclease activities. It acts as an unfolded protein response (UPR) sensor through XBP1 transcriptional activation and has been found to have many physiological functions due to the fundamental importance of protein folding.

Lysyl oxidase, also known as LOX, is a copper-dependent enzyme that cross-links collagen and elastin through the oxidative deamination of peptidyl lysine (collagen and elastin) and hydroxylysine (collagen only) residues, thereby playing a critical role in maintaining the structural integrity of the extracellular matrix (1).

PINK1 is a protein serine/threonine kinase (PTK) that protects the organelles from cellular stress and controls selective autophagy to clear damage. Exner, et. al. were among the first to report that PINK1 deficiency in humans was linked to autosomal recessive occurrences of Parkinson's disease (PD) and neurogenerative pathology (1).

LC3 is distributed ubiquitously in eukaryotes and is a heavily studied autophagy biomarker that was originally identified as a subunit of MAP1A and MAP1B. Because autophagy is a crucial process for maintaining normal neural networks and function, understanding neuronal autophagy is important. Young's group at Univ.

Glandular tissues synthesise substances for release, such as hormones and enzymes. The term adenocarcinoma is used to describe a cancer that originates within a glandular tissue, for example the ovary.