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Recombinant rat Activin A protein (Animal Free) (ab187233)

Key features and details

Expression system: Escherichia coli
Purity: > 95% SDS-PAGE
Endotoxin level:
Active: Yes
Suitable for: Functional Studies, SDS-PAGE, HPLC

Alternative names
- Activin A
- Activin beta A chain
- Activin beta-A chain
- ActivinA
- EDF
- Erythroid differentiation factor
- Erythroid differentiation protein
- follicle stimulating hormone releasing protein
- FRP
- FSH releasing factor
- FSH releasing protein
- INHBA
- INHBA_HUMAN
- Inhibin beta A
- Inhibin beta A chain
- Inhibin beta A subunit
see all
Function

Inhibins and activins inhibit and activate, respectively, the secretion of follitropin by the pituitary gland. Inhibins/activins are involved in regulating a number of diverse functions such as hypothalamic and pituitary hormone secretion, gonadal hormone secretion, germ cell development and maturation, erythroid differentiation, insulin secretion, nerve cell survival, embryonic axial development or bone growth, depending on their subunit composition. Inhibins appear to oppose the functions of activins.
Sequence similarities

Belongs to the TGF-beta family.
Cellular localization

Secreted.
Target information above from: UniProt accession P08476 The UniProt Consortium
The Universal Protein Resource (UniProt) in 2010
Nucleic Acids Res. 38:D142-D148 (2010) .

Information by UniProt

Functional Studies - Recombinant rat Activin A protein (Animal Free) (ab187233)

Functional analysis of ab187233
SDS-PAGE - Recombinant rat Activin A protein (Animal Free) (ab187233)

SDS PAGE analysis of ab187233 under non-reducing (-) and reducing (+) conditions. Stained with Coomassie Blue.

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