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Antibody Name: sptan1 Ab2 Common Name: spectrin alpha, non-erythrocytic 1 RRID: Synonyms: alpha-spectrin, egg spectrin Antigens Gene: sptan1 Clone Type: Polyclonal Source:

Antibody
Clone Number
Purification	Affinity Purification
Isotype	isotype unknown
Host Organism	rabbit
Echinoderm Reactivity	S. purpuratus, L. variegatus, P. miniata, L. pictus
Non-Echinoderm Reactivity
Description:	Reacts with a ~240 kDa egg protein that localizes to the plasma membrane and various cytoplasmic vesicular membranes. Created using rabbit no. 7 and previously supplied by Dr. Douglas Fishkind (Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts) and Dr. David Begg (Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts). Alos reacts with Arbacia punctulata, Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis, Thyone briareus, and Tripneustes gratilla.
Immunogen
Name	Egg Spectrin
Type	polypeptide
Post Translational Modifications	None
Source Organism	purple sea urchin
Description	Reacts with a ~240 kDa egg protein that localizes to the plasma membrane and various cytoplasmic vesicular membranes. Created using rabbit no. 7 and previously supplied by Dr. Douglas Fishkind (Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts) and Dr. David Begg (Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts).
Sequence
Reported Usage
immunofluorescence
immunoprecipitation
western blot
Publications
First:	The cortical actin-membrane cytoskeleton of unfertilized sea urchin eggs: analysis of the spatial organization and relationship of filamentous actin, nonfilamentous actin, and egg spectrin., Dev Biol 1989
Most recent:	Alteration of cell cycle timing and induction of surface instability in starfish blastomeres microinjected with antibodies to spectrin., Dev Biol 1996
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