A partial length recombinant Beta actin protein (amino acids 1-200) was used as the immunogen for this antibody.
Alternative Synonym:
Actin, cytoplasmic 1, ACTB
B-actin (ACTB) has traditionally been regarded as an endogenous housekeeping gene and has been widely used as a reference gene/protein in quantifying expression levels in tumors. It supports fundamental cellular processes in healthy and diseased cells including cell adhesion, migration, cytokinesis and maintenance of cell polarity. However, B-actin is closely associated with a variety of cancers and accumulating evidence indicates that B-actin is de-regulated in liver, melanoma, renal, colorectal, gastric, pancreatic, esophageal, lung, breast, prostate, ovarian cancers, leukemia and lymphoma. This protein is generally found to be up-regulated in the majority of tumor cells and tissues.
