Human recombinant protein expressed in Nicotiana benthamiana. It is produced by transient expression in non-transgenic plants. This product contains no animal-derived components or impurities. Animal Free product. Vascular endothelial growth factor is a member of the platelet-derived growth factor family. It is a specific mitogen for vascular endothelial cells in vitro and a strong angiogenic factor in vivo. Induces endothelial cell proliferation, promotes cell migration, inhibits apoptosis and induces permeabilization of blood vessels. Expressed in vascularized tissues, VEGF plays a prominent role in normal and pathological angiogenesis. In addition to its action as a mitogen it is a potent vascular permeability factor (VPF) in vivo and is also a chemo attractant for monocytes cells. VEGF binds to the FLT1/VEGFR1 and KDR/VEGFR2 present on endothelial cells. Substantial evidence implicates VEGF in the induction of tumour metastasis by stimulating the production of matrix metalloproteinase (MMPs). Recombinant full length VEGF is a 38.2 kDa homodimeric protein consisting of two 165 amino acid polypeptide chains (amino acids 27-191 P15692-4 VEGFA_HUMA) with His tag at N-terminal. Purity >97% by SDS-PAGE gel
Size
1 μg, 10 μg, 100 μg, 250 μg
Concentration
n/a
Applications
Functional studies, Cell assay, SDS-PAGE, Western Blot, Antibody Production.
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