Background:  HTLV-1 causes two distinct human diseases, HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP) and adult T cell leukemia/lymphoma(ATL). The glycoproteins encoded by the env gene of HTLV-1 are essential for interaction with an unidentified receptor on the surface of target cells and play a crucial role in the infection process. Encoded by HTLV-1 Tax is a phospho-oncoprotein that functions as a transcriptional activator. Tax has the ability to modulate the expression and function of many cellular genes and has been crucial to understanding the HTLV-1-mediated transformation of cells. In activating cellular gene expression, Tax impinges upon several cellular signal-transduction pathways, including the CREB/ATF and NFκB pathways. In addition, Tax deregulates the expression of downstream genes, which mediate cell cycle control. The Tax protein of HTLV1 is an autoregulator of enhanced viral RNA transcription and it trans activates the viral 21 bp enhancer.

Description: Rabbit polyclonal to HTLV 1 Tax (phospho Ser288)

Immunogen: A synthesized phosphopeptide derived from HTLV 1 Tax around the phosphorylation site of serine (Q-Y-S_P-S-F).

Specificity:  ·Reacts with Human, Mouse and Rat.      

·Isotype: IgG

Application:  ·Western blotting: 1/500-1000. Predicted Mol wt: 42kDa;

·Immunohistochemistry (Frozen/paraffin tissue section): 1/100-500;

·Immunocytochemistry: 1/200-500;

·ELISA: 1/500;

· Optimal working dilutions must be determined by the end user.