Bax Antibody

This antibody recognizes a protein of 21kDa, identified as the Bax protein. The Bax antibody is highly specific and shows no cross-reaction with Bcl-2 alpha or Bcl-X protein. Bcl-2 blocks cell death following a variety of stimuli. Bax has extensive amino acid homology with Bcl-2 and it homodimerizes and forms heterodimers with Bcl-2. Overexpression of Bax accelerates apoptotic death induced by cytokine deprivation in an IL-3 dependent cell line, and the protein also counters the death repressor activity of Bcl-2.