GABA A Receptor Regulator of Excitability and Drug Ta - Product Review 22
The Ligand: GABA
Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) is the most abundant and most important neurotransmitter of mammalian brain. GABA controls the degree of excitability in all brain regions, wheras the level of neuronal activity is regulated by the balance between excitatoric (mostly glutaminergic) and inhibotory (mostly GABA-ergic) signals. GABA exerty ist effects via GABA receptors, which come in three types: GABA A receptors, GABA B receptors and GABA C receptors.
GABA A Receptors
GABA A Receptors (GABAAR) are ligand-controlled chloride channels, composed of 5 subunits. Besides binding GABA, they also bind a number of drugs such as benzodiazepines and barbiturates, making them of primary interest for pharmacological and neurological studies.
Until now 16 different GABAAR subunits have been identified, which belong to 3 different groups: Alpha (1-6), beta (1-4) and gamma (1-4). In addition delta, epsilon, pie, theta and rho (1-6) subunits have been found. The subunit composition of GABAAR varies in different tissues and determines the pharmacological characteristics of the receptor.
GABAAR Antibodies
Acris Antibodies offers an exceedingly wide range of antibodies for detection of different GABAAR subunits. All antibodies have been tested for Western blot, but part of them also for other applications like ELISA, immunoprecipitation and immunohistochemistry.
Fig. 1: Western Blot Analysis of GABAAR gamma 3 on rat brain lysates (15 µg) using antibody SP7157 (1:1000). |
Fig. 2: Immunohistochemistry on human intestine paraffin sections using GABAAR-pi antibody AVARP13034. Epithelial cells of intestinal villi are stained positive (see arrows). |
In the table below all our antibodies for detection of GABAAR are listed. All GABA A Receptor products: GABA A Receptor antibody, GAA1 antibody, GAA2 antibody, GAA3 antibody, GAA4 antibody, GAA5 antibody, GAA6 antibody, GAB1 antibody, GAB2 antibody, GAB3 antibody, GABRD antibody, GAE antibody, GAG2 antibody, GAG3 antibody, GABRP antibody
Antibodies
| Catalog No. | Host | Clone/Iso. | Pres. | React. | Applications | ||
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| AP08652PU-N |
GABRA2 (Cytopl. Dom.) antibody | ||||||
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Rabbit | Aff - Purified | Bov, Can, Hu, non-Human Primates, Rt, Ze | WB |
0.1 ml /
€330.00
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| IgG | Acris Antibodies GmbH | ||||||
| NB300-149 |
GABRA2 antibody | ||||||
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Rabbit | Serum | Rt | WB |
50 µl /
€340.00
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| Novus Biologicals Inc. | |||||||
| NB300-192 |
GABRA2 antibody | ||||||
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Rabbit | Aff - Purified | Ms, Rt | WB |
0.1 ml /
€340.00
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| Novus Biologicals Inc. | |||||||
| GTX77690 |
GABRA2 antibody | ||||||
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Rabbit | Aff - Purified | Hu | WB |
0.1 mg /
€330.00
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| IgG | GeneTex Inc. | ||||||
| AVARP13026_T100 |
GABRA2 antibody | ||||||
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Rabbit | Aff - Purified | African clawed frog, Bov, Can, Hu, Ms, Rt | P, WB |
0.1 mg /
€290.00
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| AVIVA Systems Biology | |||||||
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| AP08653PU-N |
GABRA3 (N-term) antibody | ||||||
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Rabbit | Aff - Purified | Bov, Can, Hu, non-Human Primates, Rt, Ze | WB |
0.1 ml /
€330.00
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| IgG | Acris Antibodies GmbH | ||||||
| NB100-61096 |
GABRA3 antibody | ||||||
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Rabbit | Aff - Purified | Ms, Rt | P, WB |
0.1 ml /
€340.00
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| IgG | Novus Biologicals Inc. | ||||||
| GTX77691 |
GABRA3 antibody | ||||||
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Rabbit | Aff - Purified | Hu | WB |
0.1 mg /
€330.00
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| IgG | GeneTex Inc. | ||||||
| H00002556-M02 |
GABRA3 antibody | ||||||
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Mouse | 3C6 | Purified | Hu | E |
0.1 mg /
€340.00
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| IgG2a | Abnova Taiwan Corp. | ||||||
| ARP34981_T100 |
GABRA3 antibody | ||||||
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Rabbit | Aff - Purified | African clawed frog, Bov, Can, Hu, Ms, Rt | WB |
0.1 mg /
€290.00
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| AVIVA Systems Biology | |||||||
| AVARP13027_T100 |
GABRA3 antibody | ||||||
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Rabbit | Aff - Purified | Bov, Can, Hu, Ms, Rt |
0.1 mg /
€290.00
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| AVIVA Systems Biology | |||||||
| 12979-1-AP |
GABRA4 antibody | ||||||
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Rabbit | Aff - Purified | Hu, Ms | E, WB |
0.15 ml /
€255.00
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| IgG | ProteinTech Group, Inc. | ||||||
| AP05915PU-N |
GABRA4 (C-term) antibody | ||||||
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Rabbit | Purified | Bov, Hu, Ms, Rt | WB |
0.1 ml /
€470.00
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| IgG | Acris Antibodies GmbH | ||||||
| AP08654PU-N |
GABRA4 antibody | ||||||
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Rabbit | Aff - Purified | Rt | WB |
0.1 ml /
€330.00
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| IgG | Acris Antibodies GmbH | ||||||
| AP08655PU-N |
GABRA4 (N-term) antibody | ||||||
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Rabbit | Aff - Purified | Rt | WB |
0.1 ml /
€330.00
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| IgG | Acris Antibodies GmbH | ||||||
| AP16891PU-N |
GABRA4 antibody | ||||||
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Goat | Aff - Purified | Bov, Hu | E, P, WB |
0.1 mg /
€270.00
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| Acris Antibodies GmbH | |||||||
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| NB300-193 |
GABRA4 antibody | ||||||
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Rabbit | Purified | Rt | WB |
0.1 ml /
€340.00
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| Novus Biologicals Inc. | |||||||
| NB300-193PEP |
GABRA4 Control Peptide | ||||||
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Rt |
50 µl /
€340.00
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| Novus Biologicals Inc. | |||||||
| NB300-194 |
GABRA4 (N-term) antibody | ||||||
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Rabbit | Purified | Rt | P, WB |
0.1 ml /
€340.00
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| Novus Biologicals Inc. | |||||||
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| NBP1-18844 |
GABRA4 antibody | ||||||
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Goat | Aff - Purified | Bov, Hu | E, WB |
0.1 mg /
€370.00
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| IgG | Novus Biologicals Inc. | ||||||
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![Western Blot: GABA A receptor alpha 2 Antibody [NB300-149] - Western blot of 10 ug of rat cortex lysate showing immunolabeling of the ~53k a2-subunit of the GABAA-R.](http://m1.acris-antibodies.com/catalog/product/cache/1/small_image/50x50/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/Novus/p_159_1.jpg)
![Western Blot: GABA-A receptor alpha 2 subunit Antibody [NB300-192] - Western blot of rat brain lysates from wild type (Control) and a2-knockout (a2-K/O) animals showing specific immunolabeling of the ~51k a2-subunit of the GABAA-R. The labeling was absent from a lysate prepared from a2-knockout animals.](http://m1.acris-antibodies.com/catalog/product/cache/1/small_image/50x50/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/Novus/p_4661_1.jpg)


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![Western Blot: GABA A Receptor alpha 3 Antibody [NB100-61096] - Rat brain lysates from wild type (Control) and a3-knockout (a3-K/O) animals showing specific immunolabeling of the ~51k a3-subunit of the GABAA-R. The labeling was absent from a lysate prepared from á3-knockout animals.](http://m1.acris-antibodies.com/catalog/product/cache/1/small_image/50x50/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/Novus/GABA A Receptor alpha 3 Antibody-Western Blot-NB100-61096-img0001.jpg)





![Western Blot: GABA A Receptor alpha 4 Antibody [NB300-193] - Rat hippocampal (Hipp) lysate showing specific immunolabeling of the ~64k a4-subunit of the GABAA-R.](http://m1.acris-antibodies.com/catalog/product/cache/1/small_image/50x50/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/Novus/GABA A Receptor alpha 4 Antibody-Western Blot-NB300-193-img0001.jpg)
![Western Blot: GABA A Receptor alpha 4 Peptide [NB300-193PEP] - Rat hippocampal (Hipp) lysate showing specific immunolabeling of the ~64k a4-subunit of the GABAA-R.](http://m1.acris-antibodies.com/catalog/product/cache/1/small_image/50x50/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/Novus/GABA A Receptor alpha 4 Peptide-Western Blot-NB300-193PEP-img0001.jpg)
![Western Blot: GABA A Receptor alpha 4 Antibody [NB300-194] - Analysis of homogenates from hippocampus.](http://m1.acris-antibodies.com/catalog/product/cache/1/small_image/50x50/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/Novus/p_3f3d1cbf30dee.jpg)
![Immunohistochemistry-Paraffin: GABA A Receptor alpha 4 Antibody [NBP1-18844] - (2.5µg/ml) staining of paraffin embedded Human Cortex. Steamed antigen retrieval with citrate buffer pH 6, AP-staining.](http://m1.acris-antibodies.com/catalog/product/cache/1/small_image/50x50/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/Novus/GABA A Receptor alpha 4 Antibody-Immunohistochemistry-Paraffin-NBP1-18844-img0001.jpg)