

Type:RabbitIgG
Applications:FC;IF;IHC;WB
E=ELISA;FACS;FC=FlowCytometry;FPLC=FastProteinLiquidChromatography;GF=GravityFlow;HPLC=HighPerformanceLiquidChromatography;ICC=Immunocytochemistry;IF=Immunofluorescence;IHC=Immunohistochemistry;IP=Immunoprecipitation;NAC=Non-adherentCellAssays;NB=NeutralizationofBioactivity;SE=SandwichELISA;TPE=TargetedProteinExpression;WB=Westernblotting;;AC=AdherentCellAssays;FM=FluorescentMicsroscopy;;;BSC-CM5=BiacoreSensorChipCM5;BSM=BiosactiveSmallMoleculeorPeptide;CDM=CellDifferentiationMedia;;;;;;HealthandFitness;;;DNAExtraction/Purification;;InvivoLikeAssaysSpeciesReactivity:H
B=Bovine;Ca=Cat;Ch=Chicken;D=Dog;EQ=Equine;GP=GuineaPig;H=Human;M=Mouse;P=Porcine;Pr=Primate;R=Rat;Rb=Rabbit;Y=Yeast;Xe=Xenopus;Ze=Zebrafish;;;;NA-NotApplicable;STP=Step-TactinProteins;AllFormat:AffinityPurified

Tightjunctions,orzonaoccludens,formacontinuousbarriertofluidsacrosstheepitheliumandendothelium.TheyfunctioninregulationofparacellularpermeABIlityandinthemaintenanceofcellpolarity,blockingthemovementoftransmembraneproteinsbetweentheapicalandthebasolateralcellsurfaces.ZonaoccludensproteinsZO-1,-2,and-3(alsoknownasTJP1,2,and3)areperipheralmembraneadaptorproteinsthatlinkjunctionaltransmembraneproteinssuchasoccludinandclaudintotheactinCytoskeleton.ZO-1and-2arerequiredfortightjunctionformationandfunction.Insubconfluentproliferatingcells,ZO-1andZO-2havebeenshowntocolocalizetothenucleusandplayaroleintranscriptionalregulation,possIBLythroughfacilitatingnuclearimport/exportoftranscriptionalregulators.TheZO-2geneistranscribedfromtwopromoters,generatingtheZO-2AandZO-2Cisoforms.ZO-2Clacksa23aminoacidamino-terminalsequencefoundinotherZO-2isoforms.Whilebothisoformsappeartobewidelyexpressed,abnormalregulationoftheZO-2genemaybecorrelatedwithdevelopmentofductalcancer.
Images: Westernblotanalysisofextractsofvariouscelllines,usingZO1antibody(Top)
Immunohistochemicalstainofparaffin-embeddedhumankidneyusingZO1antibodyatdilutionof1:100(40xlens).(Bottom)