Species predicted to react based on 100% sequence homology:Mouse, Rat
Specificity / Sensitivity
GLI1 (V812) Antibody detects the endogenous levels of total GLI1 protein.
Source / Purification
Polyclonal antibodies are produced by immunizing animals with a synthetic peptide corresponding to residues surrounding Val812 of human GLI1. Antibodies are purified by peptide affinity chromatography.
Background
GLI was first identified as a gene amplified in a malignant glioma (1) capable of transforming primary cells in cooperation with adenovirus E1A (2). GLI belongs to the Kruppel family of zinc finger proteins that includes three mammalian GLI proteins: GLI1, GLI2 and GLI3 (3). These GLI proteins are similar to the Drosophila homolog Ci (Cubitus interruptus) and function as transcription factors activated by the Hedgehog signaling pathway. Hedgehog signaling plays an important role in animal development and is aberrantly activated in many types of cancers (4,5).