• Species Reactivity

  Human, Mouse, Rat

• Specificity

  Detects recombinant mouse Follistatin-like 4/FSTL4 in direct ELISAs. Detects human, mouse, and rat Follistatin-like 4/FSTL4 in Western blots. In direct ELISAs, approximately 10% cross-reactivity with recombinant human (rh) FSTL4 is observed, and less than 5% cross‑reactivity with rhFSTL5 and recombinant mouse FSTL1 is observed.

• Source

  Polyclonal Goat IgG

• Purification

  Antigen Affinity-purified

• Immunogen

  Chinese hamster ovary cell line CHO-derived recombinant mouse Follistatin-like 4/FSTL4    
  Trp23-Val841    
  Accession # Q5STE3

• Formulation

  Lyophilized from a 0.2 μm filtered solution in PBS with Trehalose. *Small pack size (SP) is supplied as a 0.2 µm filtered solution in PBS.

• Label

  Unconjugated

Applications

• Recommended    
  Concentration

  Sample

• Western Blot

  1 µg/mL

  See below

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• Immunohistochemistry

  5-15 µg/mL

  See below

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Please Note: Optimal dilutions should be determined by each laboratory for each application.  are available in the Technical Information section on our website.

Data Examples

Preparation and Storage

• Reconstitution

  Reconstitute at 0.2 mg/mL in sterile PBS.

• Shipping

  The product is shipped at ambient temperature. Upon receipt, store it immediately at the temperature recommended below. *Small pack size (SP) is shipped with polar packs. Upon receipt, store it immediately at -20 to -70 °C

• Stability & Storage

  Use a manual defrost freezer and avoid repeated freeze-thaw cycles.    

• 12 months from date of receipt, -20 to -70 °C as supplied.

• 1 month, 2 to 8 °C under sterile conditions after reconstitution.

• 6 months, -20 to -70 °C under sterile conditions after reconstitution.

Background: Follistatin-like 4/FSTL4

FSTL4 (Follistatin-like protein 4; also FSL4, SPIG1 and D/Bsp120I-1) is a likely secreted, 90 kDa (predicted) member of the follistatin gene family of TGF-beta superfamily inhibitors. It is widely expressed, being found in neurons (retinal ganglion and cerebellar Purkinje cells), cardiac muscle cells, smooth muscle cells and intestinal epithelium. Mature mouse FSTL4 is 819 amino acids (aa) in length (aa 23-841). It contains one kazal-like domain (aa 80-134), an EF-hand motif (aa 173-208), and two Ig-like domains (aa 250-336 and 340-425). There are two potential splice forms, one that shows an alternative start site at Met315, and a second that possesses a His residue substitution for aa 518-841. Full-length mature mouse FSTL4 shares 95% and 84% aa identity with rat and human FSTL4, respectively.

• Entrez Gene IDs:

  23105 (Human); 320027 (Mouse); 303130 (Rat)

• Alternate Names:

  Follistatin like 4; Follistatin-like 4; Follistatin-like protein 4; follistatin-related protein 4; FSL4; FSTL4; KIAA1061