Anti-GFP antibody (ab290)
Key features and details
- Rabbit polyclonal to GFP
- Suitable for: ELISA, IHC-FrFl, Electron Microscopy, IHC-FoFr, ICC, IHC-P, IHC-Fr, IP, WB
- Reacts with: Species independent
- Isotype: IgG
Overview
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Product name
Anti-GFP antibody
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Description
Rabbit polyclonal to GFP -
Host species
Rabbit -
Specificity
Anti-GFP antibody (ab290) is a highly versatile antibody that gives a stronger signal than other anti-GFP antibodies available. On Western blot the antibody detects the GFP fraction from cell extracts expressing recombinant GFP fusion proteins and has also been shown to be useful on mouse sections fixed with formalin. In Immunocytochemistry, the antibody gives a very good signal on recombinant YES-GFP chimeras expressed in COS cells (McCabe et al. 1999 and figure below). It is routinely used in Immunoprecipitation (IP) and IP-Western protocols and has been used successfully in HRP Immunohistochemistry at 1:200 on whole-mount mouse embryos.
This antibody is reactive against all variants of Aequorea victoria GFP such as S65T-GFP, RS-GFP and EGFP.
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Tested Applications & Species
See all applications and species dataApplication Species ICC Species independent -
Immunogen
Recombinant full length protein corresponding to GFP. Green fluorescent protein (GFP) from Aequorea victoria.
Database link: P42212 -
Positive control
- The Recombinant A. victoria GFP protein (ab84191), any other purified recombinant GFP, any cell line confirmed to overexpress GFP. ICC: NIH3T3, U2OS and glandular stomach cells. IHC: Mouse brain and dog heart tissue. WB: Sample: COS7 and LNCaP whole cell lysate - transfected with GFP-Eml4.
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General notes
The total IgG concentration has been determined to be 5 mg/mL. The specific IgG concentration is unknown. This product should be kept refrigerated at all times whilst in short term storage. Using sterilised equipment will reduce the risk of bacterial contamination.
Anti-GFP antibody (ab6556) is the purified version of this antibody (see Related Products).
Properties
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Form
Liquid -
Storage instructions
Shipped at 4°C. Store at +4°C short term (1-2 weeks). Upon delivery aliquot. Store at -20°C or -80°C. Avoid freeze / thaw cycle. -
Storage buffer
Preservative: 0.05% Sodium azide
Constituent: 1.25% Sodium chloride -
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Purity
Whole antiserum -
Purification notes
This antibody is provided as whole antiserum. It is not possible to determine the exact antibody concentration, since whole serum contains many other host serum proteins besides the antibody of interest. -
Clonality
Polyclonal -
Isotype
IgG -
Research areas
Images
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Bone marrow-derived infiltrating cells in the stromal tissue of gastric intraepithelial tumor traced by GFP direct fluorescence.
(A) Normal tissues of the glandular stomach of a regular GFP(−) control mouse. (B) Normal tissues of the glandular stomach of a GFP(+) transgenic control mouse; (C, E, D, F) An induced gastric intraepithelial neoplasia (GIN) in a bone marrow transplanted mouse. GFP(+) BMDCs tracked with direct fluorescence localized in the GIN stromal tissue are shown in C and E. The same GIN lesion slide stained by H&E after the fluorescence observation are shown in D and F. DAPI (A–C and E) and hematoxylin (D and F) are used to visualize nuclei, respectively. Locations of the images C and D in the images E and F, and the image E in the image F are marked in the corresponding color. The gastric glands and stromal cells are also labeled.
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Immunohistochemistry (Free Floating) analysis of mouse brain tissue sections labelling GFP with ab290. Tissue was fixed with 4% PFA, frozen 30 µm sections were blocked for 1 hour at room temperature with 10% normal goat serum + donkey anti-mouse IgG Fab fragments (0.1 mg/ml). Sections were incubated with the primary antibody at a dilution of 1/1000 in TBS + 0.25% Triton-X for 16 hours at 4°C. A Cy2®-conjugated donkey anti-rabbit IgG (H+L) at a dilution of 1/200 was used as the secondary antibody.
Image shows anti-NeuN (red), DAPI (blue), and anti-GFP staining of GFP-cre (green, yellow with NeuN colocalization).
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ab290 staining dog hearts (Adv-GFP injection) tissue sections by IHC-P. Sections were PFA fixed and subjected to heat mediated antigen retrieval in citric acid (Ph6.0, 0.05% Tween20) prior to blocking with 10% serum for 30 mins at 37°C. The primary antibody was diluted 1/1000 in PBS and incubated with the sample for 1 hour at 25°C. A HRP conjugated secondary like Goat Anti-Rabbit IgG H&L (HRP) (ab205718) was used.
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Immunofluorescence images showing similar localization of Yes-GFP (first 10 aa's of Yes PTK fused to the N-terminus of GFP) to full length Yes PTK. A: Distribution of Yes detected using mouse anti-Yes Ab followed by Texas Red-conjugated anti-mouse Ab. B: Chimeric GFP's detected using rabbit anti-GFP Ab (Abcam ab290) followed by FITC-conjugated anti-rabbit Ab.
Image kindly provided by L.G. Berthiaume. Taken from J. McCabe and L.G. Berthiaume, Functional Roles for Fatty Acylated Amino-terminal Domains in Subcellular Localization, Molecular Biology of the Cell 10:3771-3786, 1999
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ab290 immunoprecipitating GFP in HEK293 nuclear lysate expressing GFP. 20µg of lysate was incubated with primary antibody (1 µg/mg lysate) and matrix (Protein G) for 16 hours at 4°C in AFC low salt buffer. For western blotting ab290 (1/5000) was used to confirm successful immunoprecipation.
Lane 1: HEK293 nuclear lysate expressing GFP input.
Lane 2: IP of HEK293 nuclear lysate expressing GFP.
Lane 3: Cells with no GFP. -
ab290 staining GFP in GFP-transfected NIH3T3 cells. The cells were fixed with 4% formaldehyde (10min) and then blocked in 1% BSA / 0.3M glycine in 0.1%PBS-Tween for 1h. The cells were then incubated with ab290 at 1/200 dilution overnight at +4°C followed by incubation with Goat Anti-Rabbit IgG H&L (Alexa Fluor® 488) (ab150081), for 1 hour, at 1μg/ml.
Under identical experimental conditions, when compared to the basal level of GFP expression in transfected NIH3T3 cells, the cells upon which ab290 was applied gave a stronger signal in the 488 channel, indicating that ab290 is binding to GFP and therefore eliciting signal amplification.
ab290 was also applied to non-GFP-transfected NIH3T3 cells, which produced no positive staining, indicating specificity for GFP. Nuclear DNA was labelled with 1.43μM DAPI (blue).
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ab290 immunoprecipitate in human HEK293 cells transfected with Annexin1-GFP. 25µg of cell lysate was incubated with the primary antibody and matrix (Protein G) in 1% TX-100, 10% glycerol, 1X PBS for 16 hours at 4°C. For Western blotting anti-rabbit HRP conjugated secondary antibody was used at a dilution at 1/5000.
Lane 1: Lysate of HEK293 cells expressing Annexin1-GFP fusion protein.
Lane 2: IP with anti-GFP.
Lane 3: Not bound fraction. -
ab290 staining GFP in U2OS cells expressing TRF2-GFP fusion protein by ICC/IF (Immunocytochemistry/immunofluorescence). Cells were fixed with formaldehyde, permeabilized with NP40 and blocked with 3% BSA for 1 hour at 21°C. Samples were incubated with the primary antibody (1/1000 in PBS + 3% BSA) for 12 hours at 4°C. An Goat Anti-Rabbit IgG H&L (Alexa Fluor® 488) (ab150077) at a dilution of 1/500 was used as the secondary antibody.
Green - GFP.
Blue - DAPI. -
Anti-GFP antibody (ab290) at 1/2500 dilution +
Recombinant A. victoria GFP protein (ab84191) at 0.01 µg
Secondary
Goat Anti-Rabbit IgG H&L (HRP) preadsorbed (ab97080) at 1/5000 dilution
Developed using the ECL technique.
Performed under reducing conditions.
Observed band size: 27 kDa why is the actual band size different from the predicted?
Exposure time: 30 secondsSecondary antibody - goat anti-rabbit HRP preadsorbed (ab97080)
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All lanes : Anti-GFP antibody (ab290) at 1/5000 dilution
Lane 1 : LNCaP whole cell lysate - pEGFP empty vector
Lane 2 : LNCaP whole cell lysate - pEGFP-PKD1 transfected
Lysates/proteins at 20 µg per lane.
Secondary
All lanes : HRP-conjugated goat anti-rabbit IgG at 1/10000 dilution
Developed using the ECL technique.
Performed under reducing conditions.
Exposure time: 10 secondsBlocked with 5% milk for 1 hour at 23°C.
Incubated with the primary antibody for 16 hours at 4°C.
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All lanes : Anti-GFP antibody (ab290) at 1/5000 dilution
Lane 1 : COS7 whole cell lysate - transfected with GFP-Eml4
Lane 2 : COS7 whole cell lysate - transfected with GFP
Lysates/proteins at 20 µg per lane.
Secondary
All lanes : HRP-conjugated pig anti-rabbit IgG at 1/5000 dilution
Developed using the ECL technique.
Performed under reducing conditions.
Observed band size: 30 kDa why is the actual band size different from the predicted?
Exposure time: 10 secondsBlocked with 5% milk for 1 hour at 20°C.
Incubated with the primary antibody for 18 hours at 4°C in TBS containing 2% milk and 1% Tween.
Predicted MW of Eml4 ~ 120 kDa.