Animal-Free Recombinant Human PDGF-BB
PDGFs are disulfide-linked dimers consisting of two 12.0-13.5 kDa polypeptide chains, designated PDGF-A and PDGF-B chains. The three naturally occurring PDGFs; PDGF-AA, PDGF-BB and PDGF-AB, are potent mitogens for a variety of cell types including smooth muscle cells, connective tissue cells, bone and cartilage cells, and some blood cells. The PDGFs are stored in platelet α-granules and are released upon platelet activation. The PDGFs are involved in a number of biological processes, including hyperplasia, chemotaxis, embryonic neuron development, and respiratory tubule epithelial cell development. Two distinct signaling receptors used by PDGFs have been identified and named PDGFR-α and PDGFR-β. PDGFR-α is high-affinity receptor for each of the three PDGF forms. On the other hand, PDGFR-β interacts with only PDGF-BB and PDGF-AB. Recombinant human PDGF-BB is a 24.3 kDa disulfide-linked homodimer of two B chains (218 total amino acids). Manufactured using all non-animal reagents.
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E. Coli
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Purity:
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Above 98% as determined by SDS-PAGE Analysis.
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Cross Reactivity: |
Cow, Monkey, Mouse, Pig, Rat
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Biological Activity
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Determined by the dose-dependent stimulation of the proliferation of Balb/c 3T3 cells.The expected ED50 for this effect is 1.0-3.0 ng/ml.
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AA Sequence
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SLGSLTIAE PAMIAECKT RTEVFEISR RLIDRTNAN FLVWPPCVE VQRCSGCCN NRNVQCRPT QVQLRPVQV RKIEIVRKK PIFKKATVT LEDHLACKC ETVAAARPV T
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Research Interest: | , , , , , |
Cell Type: | , Neurons |
Protein Cross Reactivity: | Cow, Monkey, Mouse, Pig, Rat |