Description | | Monoclonal antibody against Fibrillarinn/Nop1p |
Clone | | 38F3 |
Form | | Sterile-Filtered Cell Culture Supernatant (contains 10mM sodium azide) |
Host | | Mouse |
Species Reactivity | | Human, Rat, Drosophila, S. pombe, C. elegans, and plants |
IsoType | | IgG1 |
Specificity | | Fibrillarin Monoclonal Antibody Nop1p was originally identified as a nucleolar protein of bakers yeast, S. cerevisiae (accession P15646). The Nop1p protein is 327 amino acids in size (34.5kDa), is essential for yeast viability, and is localized in the nucleoli. It is now known to be part of the small subunit processome complex, involved in the processing of pre-18S ribosomal RNA. Nop1p is the yeast homologue of a protein apparently found in all eukaryotes and archea generally called fibrillarin. Fibrillarin/Nop1p is extraordinarily conserved, so that the yeast and human proteins are 67% identical, and the human protein can functionally replace the yeast protein. This means that suitably cross-reactive antibodies to Nop1p/fibrillarin, like MCA-38F3, can be used to reveal nucleoli and study fibrillarin/Nop1p in all eukaryotes and archea tested to date. 38F3 was raised against yeast nuclear preparations. The subsequent hybridomas were screened by immunofluorescence on yeast cells and by western blotting on yeast protein homogenates. This clone stains a single ~34kDa band on western blotting and shows a clear and strong punctate staining of yeast nuclei. |
Uses | | This antibody is useful for immunoblotting (WB), immunofluorescence (IF) and immunocytochemistry. |
Suggested Working Dilution | | The optimal working dilution should be determined for each specific assay condition. This antibody is sold for laboratory research use only, not for human or in-vivo use. Covance antibodies may not be resold or modified for resale without prior written approval. - WB: 1:500 (mammalian lysates), 1:2,000 (yeast cell lysates), 1:10,000 (yeast nuclear fraction)*
- IF: 1:500 (mammalian), 1:1,000-5,000 (yeast)
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Notes | | Fibrillarin Monoclonal Antibody Predicted MW = 34kD |
Storage | | Store at -20°C. Upon initial thawing, apportion into working aliquots and store at -20°C. Avoid repeated freeze-thaw cycles to prevent denaturing the antibody. |
References | | Newton K, Petfalski E, Tollervey D, Caceres JF. Fibrillarin is essential for early development and required for accumulation of an intron-encoded small nucleolar RNA in the mouse. Mol. Cell Biol. 23:8519-8527, 2003. Ochs RL, Lischwe MA, Spohn WH, Busch H. Fibrillarin: a new protein of the nucleolus identified by autoimmune sera. Biol. Cell 54:123-133, 1985. |
Warranty/Conditions | | Covance products may not be resold or modified for resale without prior written approval. |