Description
Product Characteristics: The defined antibody reactivity is restricted to Factor V, its activated form (Fva) and degradation products. In immunoelectrophoresis, bidimensional electrophoresis, and double radial immunodiffusion (Ouchterlony) against plasma, a single precipitin line is obtained which shows a reaction of identity with the precipitated purified Factor V. No precipitation is obtained with Factor V-depleted plasma and serum
Target Information: This gene encodes an essential cofactor of the blood coagulation cascade. This factor circulates in plasma, and is converted to the active form by the release of the activation peptide by thrombin during coagulation. This generates a heavy chain and a light chain which are held together by calcium ions. The activated protein is a cofactor that participates with activated coagulation factor X to activate prothrombin to thrombin. Defects in this gene result in either an autosomal recessive hemorrhagic diathesis or an autosomal dominant form of thrombophilia, which is known as activated protein C resistance. [provided by RefSeq, Oct 2008]