Mouse PDGF R alpha Alexa Fluor® 488-conjugated Antibody

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Please Note: Optimal dilutions should be determined by each laboratory for each application. General Protocols are available in the Technical Information section on our website.

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Background: PDGF R alpha

PDGF R alpha (Platelet-Derived Growth Factor Receptor alpha), also known as CD140a, is a 165-170 kDa member of the PDGFR (or class III) subfamily, Tyrosine Kinase family, Protein Kinase superfamily of molecules. Mature mouse PDGF R alpha is a 1065 amino acid (aa) type I transmembrane glycoprotein that contains five Ig-like domains within a 504 aa extracellular domain. It is expressed on a wide variety of cell types, both fetal and adult. In the fetus, PDGF R alpha is found on NG2+ oligodendroglial precursors, mesenchyme of both the sclerotome and dermatome (but not myotome), mesenchyme of the lung, hepatoblasts, Leydig cells, and neural crest cells that target the branchial arches. In the adult, PDGF R alpha has been found constitutively or inducibly on hepatocytes, vascular and visceral smooth muscle, Leydig cells, retinal astrocytes, fibroblasts, monocytes, hepatic stellate cells, CD44+ adipocyte precursors, endothelial cells, osteoblasts, and Ptch+ Gli+ pericryptal colonic subepithelial fibroblasts. On the cell surface, PDGF R alpha is a monomer. Upon binding to a dimeric ligand, PDGF R alpha either homodimerizes, or heterodimerizes with PDGF R beta. The PDGF R alpha homodimer binds PDGF-AA, -AB, -BB, and -CC, while the alpha beta -heterodimer binds PDGF-AB, -BB, and -CC. Over aa 25-524, mouse PDGF R alpha shares 93% and 85% aa sequence identity with rat and human PDGF R alpha, respectively. Over the same aa sequence, mouse PDGF R alpha shares only 33% aa sequence identity with mouse PDGF R beta.

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