Anti-C3 antibody produced in rabbit

C3 (complement component 3) is the key component of the complement system. It is acted upon by C3 convertases, which produces the activated C3b. It is the predominant protein of the complement system, and is a member of the a2-macroglobulin protein family. It contains a reactive thioester bond, and α- and β-chains of 115 and 75kDa respectively. These together form 13 domains. These domains are divided into single linker (LNK), anaphylatoxin (ANA/C3a), C1r/C1s-UEGF-BMP1 (CUB), C345c, and thioester-containing domains (TED), and namely eight macroglobulin domains (MG1-MG8). The C3 gene is mapped to human chromosome 19p13.3.

Complement C3 precursor recombinant protein epitope signature tag (PrEST)

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Anti-C3 antibody produced in rabbit has been used in antibody bead arrays to target C3 protein.

C3 (complement component 3) is the key component of the complement system. It is acted upon by C3 convertases, which produces anaphylatoxin C3a and the opsonin C3b. C3a is known to possess antifungal and antimicrobial activity and functions as a chemoattractant. It promotes inflammatory responses such as granule release, formation of oxygen radicals, initiates histamine release, smooth muscle contraction and induces vascular permeability. C3b stimulates opsonophagocytosis and is associated with the production of excess C3 convertases for C5 convertase generation. C3 might reduce the pathogenesis of rhodopsin mutations that leads to retinitis pigmentosa.

Complement component 3 is referred to as C3, ASP, C3a, C3b, AHUS5, ARMD9, CPAMD1 and HEL-S-62p. It is a key fluid-phase protein of the immune system. Complement activation of this gene results in the formation of multiple C3b plasma protein complexes in serum. It helps in recognizing and tags damaged plasma proteins for subsequent removal from the blood without triggering pro-inflammatory functions. The C3 serum levels are associated with ABI and angiographic parameters of atherosclerosis.

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• IHC tissue array of 44 normal human tissues and 20 of the most common cancer type tissues.
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