Active Recombinant Rat Mstn

• Cat.No.: Mstn-913R
• Product Overview: Recombinant Rat Mstn (Accession # O35312) Asp268-Ser376, fused with , was produced in Mouse myeloma cell line, NS0-derived.

Specification

• Source: Mammalian cells
• Species: Rat
• Predicted N Terminal: Asp268
• Form: Lyophilized from a 0.2 µm filtered solution in Acetonitrile and TFA with BSA as a carrier protein.
• Bio-activity: Measured by its ability to induce hemoglobin expression in K562 human chronic myelogenous leukemia cells. Schwall, R.H. et al. (1991) Method Enzymol. 198:340.The ED50 for this effect is typically 2-10 ng/mL.
• Molecular Mass: Recombinant Rat Mstn has a calculated MW of 12.4 kDa. In SDS-PAGE migrates as 12 kDa, reducing conditions24 kDa, non-reducing conditions.
• Protein length: Asp268-Ser376
• Purity: >90%, by SDS-PAGE with silver staining.
• Storage: Avoid repeated freeze-thaw cycles. No activity loss was observed after storage at: In lyophilized state for 1 year (4ºC); After reconstitution under sterile conditions for 3 months (-70ºC).

Gene Information

• Gene Name: Mstn myostatin [ Rattus norvegicus ]
• Official Symbol: Mstn
• Synonyms: MSTN; myostatin; growth/differentiation factor 8; GDF-8; growth differentiation factor 8; Gdf8
• Gene ID: 29152
• mRNA Refseq: NM_019151
• Protein Refseq: NP_062024