Background: Apoptosis, or programmed cell death, is related to many diseases, such as cancer. Apoptosis is triggered by a variety of stimuli including members in the TNF family and prevented by the inhibitor of apoptosis (IAP) proteins. IAP proteins form a conserved gene family that binds to and inhibits cell death proteases. A novel IAP protein was recently identified and designated survivin, apoptosis inhibitor 4 (API4), and TIAP1-3. Survivin/TIAP interacted with the processed form of caspase-3 and inhibited its proteolytic activity. Survivin/TIAP is predominantly expressed in tissues of embryos, transformed cell lines, and many human cancers and lymphomas1,3.
Positive Control: MOLT4 cell lysate.
Immunogen: Antibody raised against a synthetic peptide corresponding to amino acids 1 to 12 of the human survivin protein.
Purification Method: Antigen Immunoaffiinity Purification.
Formulation: Provided in phosphate buffered saline solution containing 0.02% sodium azide as a preservative.
References: 1. Ambrosini, G., et al. A novel anti-apoptosis gene, survivin, expressed in cancer and lymphoma. Nat. Med. 1997, 3, 917-921
2. Li, F., et al. Control of apoptosis and mitotic spindle checkpoint by survivin. Nature 1998, 396, 580-584
3. Kobayashi, K., et al. Expression of a murine homologue of the inhibitor of apoptosis protein is related to cell proliferation. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 1999, 96, 1457-1462.
UniProt: O15392.
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