Ficolin-2 antibody

Principal name

Ficolin-2 antibody

Alternative names for Ficolin-2 antibody

FCN2, FCNL, Ficolin2, Ficolin-B, Ficolin-beta, L-ficolin, Serum lectin p35, 37 kDa elastin-binding protein, EBP-37, Hucolin, Collagen/fibrinogen domain-containing protein 2

SwissProt ID

O70497 (Mouse), P57756 (Rat), Q15485 (Human), Q29041 (Pig), Q5I2E5 (Bovin)

Gene ID

2220 (FCN2), 14134 (Fcnb), 114091

Available reactivities

Hu (Human), Ms (Mouse)

Available hosts

Mouse, Rabbit, Rat

Available applications

ELISA (detection) (E(detection)), Western blot / Immunoblot (WB), Immunoprecipitation (IP), Enzyme Immunoassay (E)

Background of Ficolin-2 antibody

Ficolins are members of the collectin family of proteins which recognize PAMP on microbial surfaces. Human and murine ficolins differ in many aspects. Mouse has two ficolin forms, termed ficolin-A and -B. Mouse ficolin-A is the plasma protein, highly expressed in liver and spleen. Mouse ficolin-B is expressed in spleen, bone marrow, and peritoneal macrophages. It is thought to facilitate phagocytosis and is involved in the activation of complement pathways. 
Structure: Ficolin consists of a short N-terminal, the middle collagen-like domain and C-terminal fibrionogen domain. The collagen-like domain assemble the subunits into trimers and the N-terminal domain further assembles four trimers into 12-mers.
Distribution: In contrast to human ficolin B, mouse ficolin B is mainly produced by macrophages.
Function: Recognize pathogen-associated molecular pattern ( PAMP) on microbial surface to facilitate phagocytosis. In addition, it can activate complement through a calcium-dependent association with MASPs.

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Lysates

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FCN2 overexpression lysate

FCN2 overexpression lysate  
0.1 mg / €295.00
  OriGene Technologies, Inc.

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