Blk Antibody detects endogenous levels of total Blk.
Source / Purification
Polyclonal antibodies are produced by immunizing animals with a synthetic peptide corresponding to residues surrounding the carboxy-terminus of human Blk. Antibodies are purified by protein A and peptide affinity chromatography.
Background
Blk is a Src family protein tyrosine kinase expressed in all stages of B cell development (1,2). Activation of B cells by various ligands is accompanied by activation of Blk (3). It has been suggested that Blk is involved in the control of B cell differentiation and proliferation (4,5). Blk transcripts have also been detected in human thymocytes, but not in mature T cells, implicating that Blk may play an important role in thymopoiesis (6). Blk function may be redundant, however, as mice that do not express Blk are not impaired with respect to B cell development and immune response (7).