Rabbitpolyclonalantibody
PooledSerumTheantigenisapeptidefromtheintracellularC-terminusregionofhumandopaminetransporter(DAT),conjugatedtokeyholelimpethemocyanin(KLH).
Theantibodyis preparedfrompooledrabbitserumbyaffinitypurificationusingaSulfOlink®columnmatrixtowhichthepeptideimmunogenwascoupled.
Thedopaminetransporter(DAT)isresponsIBLeforthereaccumulationofdopamineafterithasbeenreleased.DATantibodiesandantibodiesforotherMarkersofcatecholaminebiosynthesisarewidelyusedasmarkersfordopaminergicandnoradrenergicneuronsinavarietyofapplicationsincludingdepression,schizophrenia,Parkinson’sdiseaseanddrugabuse(Kishetal.,2001;Zhuetal.,2000;Zhuetal.,1999).LevelsofDATproteinexpressionarealteredbychronicdrugadmiNISTration(Wilsonetal.,1996).
100µlin10mMHEPES(pH7.5),150mMNaCl,100µgpermlBSAand50%glycerol.Adequateamountofmaterialtoconduct10-miniWesternBlots.
Forlongtermstorage–20°Cisrecommended.Stableat–20°Cforatleast1year.
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