CD8A Mouse Monoclonal Antibody [Clone ID: MEM-31]

Specifications

Product Data
Clone Name	MEM-31
Applications	FC
Recommend Dilution	Flow cytometry (recommended starting dilution: 1:2500). The antibody does not react with formaldehyde-fixed cells; negative in Western Blotting application.
Reactivity	Human
Host	Mouse
Clonality	Monoclonal
Immunogen	Crude thymus membrane fraction
Specificity	This antibody recognizes a conformationally-dependent epitope of CD8, a cell surface glycoprotein found on most cytotoxic T lymphocytes that mediates efficient cell-cell interactions within the immune system. CD8 is a disulfide-linked dimer and exists as a CD8α homodimer or CD8α/β heterodimer (each monomer approx. 32-34 kDa).
Formulation	Phosphate buffered saline (PBS) with 15 mM sodium azide, approx. pH 7.4 Label: Biotin State: Liquid purified Ig fraction Label: Conjugated with Biotin-LC-NHS under optimum conditions. The reagent is free of unconjugated biotin.
Concentration	lot specific
Conjugation	Biotin
Storage Condition	Store the antibody undiluted at 2 - 8 °C. DO NOT FREEZE!
Gene Name	CD8a molecule
Database Link	Entrez Gene 925 Human UniProt ID P01732
Background	The CD8 T cell coreceptor (monomer approx. 32-34 kDa) is expressed as αβ heterodimer on majority of MHC I-restricted conventional T cells and thymocytes and as αα homodimer on subsets of memory T cells, intraepithelial lymphocytes, NK cells and dendritic cells. Regulation of CD8β level on T cell surface seems to be an important mechanism to control their effector function. Assembly of CD8 α-β but not α-α dimers is connected with formation or localization to the lipid rafts. Recruiting triggered TCR complexes to these membrane microdomains as well as affinity of TCR to MHC I is modulated by CD8, thereby affecting the functional diversity of the TCR signaling.
Synonyms	CD8 alpha chain, CD8A, MAL
Reference Data
Protein Families	Adult stem cells, Druggable Genome, ES Cell Differentiation/IPS, Secreted Protein, Transmembrane
Protein Pathways	Antigen processing and presentation, Cell adhesion molecules (CAMs), Hematopoietic cell lineage, Primary immunodeficiency, T cell receptor signaling pathway

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