Mouse SLIT2 ELISA Kit PicoKine® (96 Tests). Quantitate Mouse Slit2 in cell culture supeatants, serum and plasma (heparin, EDTA). Sensitivity: 10pg/ml. The brand Picokine indicates this is a premium quality ELISA kit. Each Picokine kit delivers precise quantification, high sensitivity, and excellent reproducibility. Only our most reliable and effective kits qualify as Picokine, guaranteeing top-tier results for your assays.
Alternative Names
Slit homolog 2 protein; Slit-2; Slit homolog 2 protein N-product; Slit homolog 2 protein C-product; Slit2
Immunogen
Expression system for standard: NS0; Immunogen sequence: Q26-Q900
There is no detectable cross-reactivity with other relevant proteins.
Specificity
Natural and recombinant mouse SLIT2
Subcellular Localization
Secreted.
Sample Type
Cell culture supeatants, Serum, Plasma
Anticoagulant
heparin or EDTA
Precision
Intra-Assay Precision
Inter-Assay Precision
Sample
1
2
3
1
2
3
n
16
16
16
24
24
24
Mean (pg/ml)
268
970
3393
309
1028
4064
Standard deviation
10.99
41.71
156.08
17.92
70.93
292.61
CV (%)
4.1%
4.3%
4.6%
5.8%
6.9%
7.2%
Protein Function
Thought to act as molecular guidance cue in cellular migration, and function appears to be mediated by interaction with roundabout homolog receptors. During neural development involved in axonal navigation at the ventral midline of the neural tube and projection of axons to different regions. SLIT1 and SLIT2 seem to be essential for midline guidance in the forebrain by acting as repulsive signal preventing inappropriate midline crossing by axons projecting from the olfactory bulb. In spinal chord development, may play a role in guiding commissural axons once they reached the floor plate by modulating the response to netrin. In vitro, silences the attractive effect of NTN1 but not its growth-stimulatory effect and silencing requires the formation of a ROBO1-DCC complex. May be implicated in spinal chord midline post-crossing axon repulsion. In vitro, only commissural axons that crossed the midline responded to SLIT2. In the developing visual system, appears to function as repellent for retinal ganglion axons by providing a repulsion that s these axons along their appropriate paths prior to, and after passage through, the optic chiasm. In vitro, collapses and repels retinal ganglion cell growth cones. Seems to play a role in branching and arborization of CNS sensory axons, and in neuronal cell migration. In vitro, Slit homolog 2 protein N-product, but not Slit homolog 2 protein C-product, repels olfactory bulb (OB) but not dorsal root ganglia (DRG) axons, induces OB growth cones collapse and induces branching of DRG axons. Seems to be involved in regulating leukocyte migration.
Background
Slit homolog 2 protein is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SLIT2 gene. It is mapped to 5; 5 B3. The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the Slit family of secreted glycoproteins, which function as ligands for the Robo family of immunoglobulin receptors. Slit proteins play highly conserved roles in axon guidance and neuronal migration and may also have functions during other cell migration processes including leukocyte migration. In mammals, members of the slit family are characterized by an N-terminal signal peptide, four leucine-rich repeats, nine epidermal growth factor repeats, and a C-terminal cysteine knot. Mice deficient for this gene exhibit abnormal axonal projections in the embryonic forebrain and develop supeumerary uretic buds that maintain improper connections to the nephric duct. Alteative splicing results in multiple transcript variants.
Reproducibility
Lots
Lot 1 (pg/ml)
Lot 2 (pg/ml)
Lot 3 (pg/ml)
Lot 4 (pg/ml)
Mean (pg/ml)
Standard Deviation
CV (%)
Sample 1
268
284
253
255
265
12.38
4.6%
Sample 2
970
965
981
1065
995
40.68
4.0%
Sample 3
3393
3500
3134
3533
3390
156.59
4.6%
*number of samples for each test n=16.
Notes
Material Required But Not Provided: Microplate Reader capable of reading absorbance at 450nm. Incubator. Automated plate washer . Pipettes and pipette tips capable of precisely dispensing 0.5 µl through 1 ml volumes of aqueous solutions. Multichannel pipettes are recommended for large amount of samples. Deionized or distilled water. 500ml graduated cylinders. Test tubes for dilution.
Gene ID
20563
Gene Name
Slit2
UniProt ID
Q9R1B9
Tissue Specificity
Expressed in developing eye, in the optic stalk, and in the ventral diencephalon.
Applications
ELISA
Storage
Store at 4°C for 6 months, at -20°C for 12 months. Avoid multiple freeze-thaw cycles (Ships with gel ice, can store for up to 3 days in room temperature. Freeze upon receiving.)