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Product Characteristics:
Epitope tags are useful for the labeling and detection of proteins usingimmunoblotting, immunoprecipitation and immunostaining techniques. Due to their small size, they are unlikely to affect the tagged protein's biochemical properties. The Myc epitope tag is widely used to detect expression of recombinant proteins in bacteria, yeast,insect and mammalian cell systems.The c-Myc protein is a transcription factor, which is encoded by the c-Myc gene on human chromosome 8q24. c-Myc is commonly activated in a variety of tumor cells and plays an important role in cellular proliferation, differentiation, apoptosis and cell cycle progression. The phosphorylation of c-Myc has been investigated and previous studies have suggested a functional association between phosphorylation at Thr58/Ser62 by glycogen synthase kinase 3, cyclin dependent kinase, ERK2 and C-Jun N terminal Kinase (JNK) in cell proliferation and cell cycle regulation. Studies also have shown that c-Myc is essential for tumor cell development in vasculogenesis and angiogenesis that distribute blood throughout the cells, and which brought extensive attention in the development of new therapeutic approach for cancer treatment.
Synonyms: Avian myelocytomatosis viral oncogene homolog, bHLHe39, c Myc, c Myc Epitope Tag, c Myc Tag, Cellular myelocytomatosis oncogene, MGC105490, MRTL, Myc Epitope Tag, Myc protein, Myc proto oncogene protein, Myc proto-oncogene protein, Myc-related translation/localization regulatory factor, Myc2, myca, Myelocytomatosis oncogene a, Myelocytomatosis oncogene, Niard, Nird, Oncogene Myc, Protooncogene homologous to myelocytomatosis virus, RNCMYC, Transcription factor p64, Transcriptional regulator Myc-A, V-Myc avian myelocytomatosis viral oncogene homolog, v-myc myelocytomatosis viral oncogene homolog avian, zc-myc.
Target Information: The protein encoded by this gene is a multifunctional, nuclear phosphoprotein that plays a role in cell cycle progression, apoptosis and cellular transformation. It functions as a transcription factor that regulates transcription of specific target genes. Mutations, overexpression, rearrangement and translocation of this gene have been associated with a variety of hematopoietic tumors, leukemias and lymphomas, including Burkitt lymphoma. There is evidence to show that alternative translation initiations from an upstream, in-frame non-AUG (CUG) and a downstream AUG start site result in the production of two isoforms with distinct N-termini. The synthesis of non-AUG initiated protein is suppressed in Burkitt's lymphomas, suggesting its importance in the normal function of this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]