MyBioSource.com's Anti-DDX4 Antibody, Rabbit Polyclonal is a Rabbit Polyclonal antibody. This antibody has been shown to work in applications such as: Immunohistochemistry, and Immunohistochemistry - fixed. The Anti-DDX4 Antibody, Rabbit Polyclonal was generated using DDX4, and DEAD-box helicase 4 as the antigen and it reacts with Human, and Rat.
Description
DDX4 (DEAD box polypeptide 4), characterized by the conserved motif Asp-Glu-Ala-Asp (DEAD), is an RNA helicase which is implicated in various cellular processes involving the alteration of RNA secondary structure, such as translation initiation, nuclear and mitochondrial splicing, and ribosome and spliceosome assembly. DDX4 is known to be a germ cell-specific protein and is used as a sorting marker of germline stem cells for the production of oocytes. The active vitamin D treatment prohibited the proliferation and invasion of ovarian cancer cells, and the expression level of a germ cell specific marker DEAD (Asp-Glu-Ala-Asp)-box helicase 4 (DDX4), which is overexpressed in ovarian cancer, was downregulated by active vitamin D treatment. Knockdown of DDX4 by siRNA could also suppress the invasive ability of ovarian cancer cells. Therefore, DDX4 may be considered as a marker of ovarian cancer, and vitamin D may be a candidate drug for ovarian cancer therapy. That DDX4 is essential for the regulation of germ cell proliferation and differentiation across all three extant mammalian groups-eutherians, marsupials, and monotremes