ProductOverview
Oct4(Octamer-4,alsoknownasPOU5F1)isahomeodomaintranscriptionfactorofthePOUfamilywhichisinvolvedintheregulationofpluripotencyduringnormaldevelopment.TheexpressionofOct4isassociatedwithanundifferentiatedphenotypeinembryonicstem(ES)cells,whilegeneknockdownofOct4promotesdifferentiation.Assuch,itisfrequentlyusedasaMarkerforundifferentiatedEScellsorinducedpluripotentstem(iPS)cells.Oct4isoneofthekeytranscriptionfactorsusedtoreprogrammouseandhumanfibroblaststoapluripotentstate.TheOct4Antibody(AffinityPurified)wasscreenedonhumanandmouseEScellsusingimmunocytochemistryandflowcytometryandselectedasthebestOct4antibodyavailableforresearchersneedingtodemonstratepluripotency.
ProductSpecifications
Size
100μl
Clone
Polyclonal
Isotype
RabbitIgG
Immunogen
SyntheticpeptideconjugatedtoKLHderivedfromwithinresidues300totheC-terminusofhumanOct4
Reactivity
Mouse,Human
Preparation
Theantibodywaspurifiedbyimmunogenaffinitychromatography.
Formulation
Phosphate-bufferedsolution,pH7.4,1%BSAand0.02%sodiumazide
StorageandStABIlity
Storeat4°Cprotectedfromlight.Donotfreeze.Stablefor6monthsfromdateofreceiptwhenstoredasdirected.
QualityControl
Testedbyimmunocytochemistryandflowcytometrytoensureproductquality.
RecommendedUsage
Thesuggesteduseofthisantibodyisa1:100dilutionforimmunocytochemistryanda1:5dilutionforflowcytometry.Forapplicationspecificprotocols,pleasereferenceProtocol:ImmunocytochemistryandProtocol:FlowCytometryonlineatwww.Stemgent.com/support/protocols.
SpecificationSheets
- 09-0023SpecificationsSheet
SafetyDataSheets
- 09-0023SafetyDataSheet
Protocols
- Protocol:ImmunoflourescenceStainingofCellsforFlowCytometry
- Protocol:Immunocytochemistry
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References
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AdditionalPublications
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- SridharA;OhlemacherSK;LangerKB;MeyerJS."RobustdifferentiationofmRNA-reprogrammedhumaninducedpluripotentstemcellstoardaretinallineage."StemCellTranslationalMedicine5:10(2016)
- OhlemacherSK;SridharA;XiaoY;HochstetlerAE;SarfaraziM;CumminsTR;MeyerJS."Stepwisedifferentiationofretinalganglioncellsfromhumanpluripotentstemcellsenablesanalysisofglaucomatousneurodegeneration."StemCellsdoi:10.1002/stem.2356(2016)
- PoleganovMA;EminliS;BeissertT;HerzS;MoonJ-I;GoldmannJ;BeyerA;HeckR;BurkhartI;RoldanDB;TureciO;YiK;HamiltonB;SahinU."Efficientreprogrammingofhumanfibroblastsandblood-derivedendothelialProgenitorcellsusingnonmodifiedRNAforreprogrammingandimmuneevasion."HumanGeneTherapy26:751(2015)
- HanF;WangW;CHenB;CHenC;LISen;LuX;DuanJ;ZhangY;ZhangYA;GuoW;LiG."Humaninducedpluripotentstemcell-derivedneuronsimprovemotorasymmetryina6-hydroxydopamine-inducedratmodelofParkinson"sdisease."Cytotherapy17:665(2015)
- PaullD;SevillaA;ZhouH;HahnAK;KimH;NapolitanoC;TsankovA;ShangL;KrumholzK;JagaseesanP;WoodardCM;SunB;VilbouxT;ZimmerM;ForeroE;MoroziewiczDN;MartinezH;MalicdanMCV;WeissKA;VensandLB;DusenberryCR;PolusH;SyKTL;KahlerDJ;GahlWA;SolomonSL;ChangS;MeissnerA;EgganK;NoggleSA."Automated,high-throughputderivation,characterizationanddifferentiationofinducedpluripotentstemcells."NaureMethods12:885(2015)
- RenJ;BrionesV;BarbourS;YuW;HanY;TarashimaM;MueggeK."TheATPbindingsiteofthechromatinremodelinghomologLSHisrequiredfornucleosomedensityanddenovoDNAmethylationatrepeatsequences."NuclAcidsResdoi:10.1093/nar/gku1371(2015)