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rabbit
Quality Level
antibody form
affinity isolated antibody
antibody product type
primary antibodies
clone
polyclonal
purified by
affinity chromatography
species reactivity
mouse
manufacturer/tradename
Chemicon®
technique(s)
ELISA: suitable
western blot: suitable
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shipped in
dry ice
target post-translational modification
unmodified
Gene Information
human ... KL(9365)
General description
Animal models of human aging, which display the characteristic diseases associated with aging, provide insight into the cause of such diseases. Recently a transgenic mouse model, called Klotho, with several premature aging phenotypes has been described. They display premature aging phenotypes such as Osteoporosis, age related skin changes, ectopic calcifications, atrophy of genital organs and thymus, emphysema and short life span (Kuro-o et al., 1997). KL protein associated with the Klotho mutation is a 1014 amino acid long peptide. It has a putative signal sequence at its N-terminus and a single transmembrane domain near its C-terminus, which is postulated to anchor it to the membrane (Martin & Mian, 1997). The extracellular domain has two internal repeats, KL-1 and KL-2 which have 20-40% sequence identity to bacterial b-glucosidase of plants and animals and mammalian lactase glycosylceramidase suggesting a role for Klotho in sphingolipid metabolism (Martin & Mian, 1997). kl gene expression was observed to be tissue specific. Improvement of systemic aging phenotypes in kl/kl mice occurs even when the exogenous expression was limited to some organs, suggesting that KL associated aging is regulated through a humoral signaling pathway. KL has been reported to be localized on the cell surface when expressed on Cho cells (Kuro-o et al., 1997). Human kl cDNA is expected to encode a protein of 1012 amino acids and has 86% homology to mouse kl.
Specificity
Klotho
Other species have not yet been tested. The immunogen sequence is 82% conserved in human and 76% in rat klotho.
Immunogen
Synthetic peptide near the C-terminus of mouse Klotho.
Application
Detect Klotho using this Anti-Klotho Antibody validated for use in ELISA & WB.
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CHEMICON is a registered trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany
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Ageing. New mice for old questions
Martin, G M and Mian, I S
Nature, 390, 18-19 (1997)
M Kuro-o et al.
Nature, 390(6655), 45-51 (1997-11-18)
A new gene, termed klotho, has been identified that is involved in the suppression of several ageing phenotypes. A defect in klotho gene expression in the mouse results in a syndrome that resembles human ageing, including a short lifespan, infertility
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