Latest news releases from PR.com for AnaSpec, Inc. http://www.pr.com/press-releases Wed, 19 Nov 2008 05:07:46 -0500 http://www.pr.com/images/logo_white.jpg http://www.pr.com/ 68 69 PR.com provides Free Press Release Distribution, & is a unique Directory of Businesses, Products, Services, & Jobs - in all industries. Find Full Company Profiles. © 2008 PR Worldwide, Inc. 60 http://www.pr.com/press-release/116914 In response to increased demand for GMP peptide production, AnaSpec has established a new facility dedicated to GMP manufacturing. Located adjacent to its current San Jose, California-based headquarters, the expansion provides an additional 5000 sq. ft. of dedicated GMP space including two class 10,000 clean rooms. “The need for GMP-grade peptides is growing,” stated AnaSpec CEO, Dr. Frank Hong. “The [PR.com - November 16, 2008] AnaSpec, Inc. http://www.pr.com/press-release/116914 http://www.pr.com/press-release/116527 AnaSpec offers coelenterazine and several synthetic coelenterazine analogs for reconstituting aequorin in cells that have been transfected with apoaequorin cDNA. [PR.com - November 14, 2008] AnaSpec, Inc. http://www.pr.com/press-release/116527 http://www.pr.com/press-release/115919 AnaSpec is pleased to announce the release of the improved AnaTagTM APC, B-PE and R-PE Labeling Kits. Labeling of antibodies can be both tedious and time-consuming. Without the use of proper techniques and reagents, the conjugation may result in suboptimal or no labeling. AnaSpec’s improved APC, B-PE and R-PE Labeling Kits contain all the reagents needed for optimized labeling of antibodies. The phycobiliproteins, [PR.com - November 12, 2008] AnaSpec, Inc. http://www.pr.com/press-release/115919 http://www.pr.com/press-release/114642 Calcium plays a vital role in the regulation of cardiac contractility, growth and gene expression; consequently, calcium measurement is critical in numerous biological investigations. Fluorescent probes that show spectral responses upon Ca2+ binding have enabled researchers to investigate changes in intracellular free Ca2+ concentrations using techniques such as fluorescence microscopy, flow cytometry, fluorescence [PR.com - November 05, 2008] AnaSpec, Inc. http://www.pr.com/press-release/114642 http://www.pr.com/press-release/112353 Protein kinase D (PKD belongs to the calcium calmodulin superfamily of kinases (2-3). [PR.com - October 23, 2008] AnaSpec, Inc. http://www.pr.com/press-release/112353 http://www.pr.com/press-release/111529 MMPs are key players in normal and pathological processes, including embryogenesis, wound healing, inflammation, arthritis, and cancer. [PR.com - October 18, 2008] AnaSpec, Inc. http://www.pr.com/press-release/111529 http://www.pr.com/press-release/111013 AnaSpec published a technical article entitled, “Sensitive FRET Assays Aid Drug Discovery” in the August edition of Biophotonics International. [PR.com - October 16, 2008] AnaSpec, Inc. http://www.pr.com/press-release/111013 http://www.pr.com/press-release/110273 The core histones (H2A, H2B, H3 and H4) act as spools around which DNA winds. Covalent modification on the amino terminal of the core histones through de/acetylation, de/methylation and de/phosphorylation affect chromatin structure and exquisitely regulate gene expression.1-3 Histone hyperacetylation is correlated with increased transcription, whereas hypoacetylation correlates with transcriptional repression.2 AnaSpec, [PR.com - October 11, 2008] AnaSpec, Inc. http://www.pr.com/press-release/110273 http://www.pr.com/press-release/107103 Copper (I) species are powerful catalysts for the formation of 1,2,3-triazoles from azides and alkynes. The general thermodynamic instability of Cu(I) however, results in easy oxidation to Cu(II) and/or disproportionation to Cu(0) and Cu(II).1 TBTA, Tris-[(1-benzyl-1H-1,2,3-triazol-4-yl) methyl]amine, also known as tris-(benzyltriazolylmethyl)amine, is a stabilizing ligand for Cu(I) developed by Tim Chan in [PR.com - September 24, 2008] AnaSpec, Inc. http://www.pr.com/press-release/107103 http://www.pr.com/press-release/106717 Since its inception in 1993, AnaSpec has provided drug discovery reagents to some of the world’s largest biotech, pharmaceutical, and academic research institutions. [PR.com - September 21, 2008] AnaSpec, Inc. http://www.pr.com/press-release/106717 http://www.pr.com/press-release/106279 AnaSpec announced today that BD Biosciences, a business segment of BD (Becton Dickinson and Company), has chosen it to manufacture and supply the BD™ H7, Calcein AM and DiIC12(3) Fluorescent Dyes. “BD Biosciences has a tremendous reputation in the industry for innovative products of the highest quality,” stated Dr. Anita Hong, AnaSpec’s president. “We are proud to leverage AnaSpec’s [PR.com - September 19, 2008] AnaSpec, Inc. http://www.pr.com/press-release/106279 http://www.pr.com/press-release/105971 AnaSpec has introduced its latest collection of streptavidins labeled with its patented HiLyte Fluor(TM) and HiLytePlus(TM) dyes which promise brighter fluorescence and better photostability compared to FITC and Cyâ dyes. [PR.com - September 18, 2008] AnaSpec, Inc. http://www.pr.com/press-release/105971 http://www.pr.com/press-release/105710 AnaSpec and RayBiotech today announced a licensing agreement that will allow RayBiotech to label antibodies with AnaSpec HiLytePlus™ and HiLyte Fluor™ dyes and integrate into protein and antibody arrays. HiLytePlus™ and HiLyte Fluor™ are AnaSpec's proprietary series of high performance fluorescent dyes optimized for long wavelength biomarker labeling. "RayBiotech is a respected provider of [PR.com - September 17, 2008] AnaSpec, Inc. http://www.pr.com/press-release/105710 http://www.pr.com/press-release/105367 AnaSpec and Cyclex Co. Ltd. today announced a licensing agreement that will allow AnaSpec to make, use, and sell deacetylase activity assay kits and the related products as covered by Cyclex’s patent # ‘s EP 1243658, US 7033778, US 7256013. "We are pleased to partner with Cyclex in expanding our array of next generation assay kits," noted Dr. Anita Hong, AnaSpec's president. "The new [PR.com - September 14, 2008] AnaSpec, Inc. http://www.pr.com/press-release/105367 http://www.pr.com/press-release/104733 Protein kinases are a transferase family of self-regulatory enzymes that catalyze the phosphorylation of other proteins by covalently attaching phosphate groups to them, using ATP as a phosphate donor. Reversible protein phosphorylation-dephosphorylation has a principal role in the regulation of essentially all cellular functions and most aspects of cell life, and phosphorylation by protein kinases is a major signal [PR.com - September 11, 2008] AnaSpec, Inc. http://www.pr.com/press-release/104733 http://www.pr.com/press-release/104535 Expanding on its world-class collection of MOG peptides and assay kits, AnaSpec is pleased to announce the release of 3 MOG recombinant proteins, for human, mouse and rat. These proteins, with sequences corresponding to human, mouse and rat extracellular domain, together with a 6x His tag were expressed in E. coli and purified from urea denatured bacterial lysate. The molecular weight found in all 3 recombinant proteins [PR.com - September 10, 2008] AnaSpec, Inc. http://www.pr.com/press-release/104535 http://www.pr.com/press-release/102983 At the 2008 International Conference for Alzheimer’s Disease, the VU University Medical Centre and Lund University presented a joint poster entitled, “Aβ1-42 binding and uptake by primary human astrocytes in vitro: Effects of a1-Antichymotrypsin.” The authors of the study were H. M Nielsen, S. Janciauskiene, B. Holmqvist, and R. Veerhuis. The Aβ1-42 peptides that were a key ingredient in the [PR.com - August 31, 2008] AnaSpec, Inc. http://www.pr.com/press-release/102983 http://www.pr.com/press-release/102801 AnaSpec has announced the release of two antibodies for growth secretagogue receptor (GHSR). One antibody targets the N-terminus and the other an internal sequence. GHSR is a G protein-coupled receptor with seven transmembrane domains and is primarily expressed in hypothalamus and pituitary glands (1-4). GHSR gene is located on chromosome 3q26.31 and results in two products: functional 366 amino acids long GSHR1a and [PR.com - August 30, 2008] AnaSpec, Inc. http://www.pr.com/press-release/102801 http://www.pr.com/press-release/102601 AnaSpec and UW TechTransfer today announced a licensing agreement that will allow AnaSpec to make, use, and sell Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase Substrates as covered by UW’s patent # 5,739,278 entitled “Compositions for Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases.” "We are pleased to partner with UW TechTransfer to provide our customers with one of the largest selections of research-ready peptides in the [PR.com - August 29, 2008] AnaSpec, Inc. http://www.pr.com/press-release/102601 http://www.pr.com/press-release/100256 AnaSpec and Biocore Pty Ltd today announced a non-exclusive distributor agreement that will allow Biocore Pty Ltd to distribute AnaSpec’s catalog and custom products throughout Australia. AnaSpec’s Director of Sales & Marketing, Violeta Rajkovska, noted, “AnaSpec is pleased to partner with Biocore to make our products available to the vibrant research community in Australia. We look forward to a [PR.com - August 14, 2008] AnaSpec, Inc. http://www.pr.com/press-release/100256 http://www.pr.com/press-release/100055 AnaSpec is pleased to introduce GO Peptides™, the next evolution in peptide tools. [PR.com - August 13, 2008] AnaSpec, Inc. http://www.pr.com/press-release/100055 http://www.pr.com/press-release/99553 Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) belong to a family of secreted or membrane-associated proteins capable of digesting extracellular matrix components. The importance of MMPs in tumor development and invasion as well as other diseases is well known. AnaSpec has introduced the SensoLyteTM 570 Generic MMP Assay Kit, offering the industry’s highest emission wavelength for MMP detection. The higher emission wavelength [PR.com - August 09, 2008] AnaSpec, Inc. http://www.pr.com/press-release/99553 http://www.pr.com/press-release/97668 AnaSpec and Novus Biologicals today announced a licensing agreement that will allow Novus Biologicals to label Novus antibodies with AnaSpec HiLytePlus™ and HiLyte Fluor™ dyes. HiLytePlus™ and HiLyte Fluor™ are AnaSpec's proprietary series of high performance fluorescent dyes optimized for long wavelength biomarker labeling. "Novus Biologicals has established a strong reputation in the [PR.com - July 30, 2008] AnaSpec, Inc. http://www.pr.com/press-release/97668 http://www.pr.com/press-release/96550 AnaSpec now offers custom synthesis service of peptide-aminoluciferin substrates. [PR.com - July 23, 2008] AnaSpec, Inc. http://www.pr.com/press-release/96550 http://www.pr.com/press-release/94067 AnaSpec has introduced its latest series of PAR peptides. [PR.com - July 09, 2008] AnaSpec, Inc. http://www.pr.com/press-release/94067 http://www.pr.com/press-release/93427 AnaSpec has introduced two keratin antibodies that recognize both the intact and caspase digested N-terminal of K18 and K19 at Asp237. These antibodies are useful tools for studying keratin dynamics in mice undergoing hepatocyte apoptosis, patients with cirrhosis, and also in apoptotic cells of various epithelial human tumors in a non-invasive manner. Intermediate filaments (IFs), together with actin microfilaments and [PR.com - July 04, 2008] AnaSpec, Inc. http://www.pr.com/press-release/93427 http://www.pr.com/press-release/92317 Histone deacetylase (HDAC) enzymes modulate gene expression through the deacetylation of lysine residues on histone proteins and act as transcriptional repressors of genes. Based on their role in cell cycling, apoptosis and differentiation, HDACs have been chosen as therapeutic targets for the treatment of cancer and neurodegenerative diseases. AnaSpec has introduced the SensoLyte™ 520 HDAC Activity Assay Kit, a [PR.com - June 27, 2008] AnaSpec, Inc. http://www.pr.com/press-release/92317 http://www.pr.com/press-release/91239 The innovative technique of hydrocarbon stapling in peptides is introducing valuable new functionality to peptide-related research. AnaSpec is pleased to offer custom synthesis for hydrocarbon-stapled peptides. Hydrocarbon-stapled peptides are peptides capable of forming stable alpha helical structure as a result of “hydrocarbon stapling.”1,2 Many biological pathways, such as signal transduction, occur [PR.com - June 20, 2008] AnaSpec, Inc. http://www.pr.com/press-release/91239 http://www.pr.com/press-release/90907 AnaSpec has introduced a new series of IHC validated antibodies, Anti-CARMA/CARD/Bimp antibodies. CARMA proteins are scaffold molecules that belong to the membrane-associated guanylate kinase-like (MAGUK) and the caspase-associated recruitment domain (CARD) protein families. They play critical role in antigen receptor signaling pathways.1-4 CARMA-1 (CARD-11) CARMA-2 (CARD-14), and CARMA-3 (CARD-10) share homologous [PR.com - June 19, 2008] AnaSpec, Inc. http://www.pr.com/press-release/90907 http://www.pr.com/press-release/90653 This week AnaSpec, a world leader in custom and catalog peptides, introduced eleven (11) new peptides. [PR.com - June 18, 2008] AnaSpec, Inc. http://www.pr.com/press-release/90653 http://www.pr.com/press-release/87400 AnaSpec has introduced the SensoLyte™ 520 Cathepsin S Assay Kit to its broad collection of long wavelength FRET protease assay kits. [PR.com - May 29, 2008] AnaSpec, Inc. http://www.pr.com/press-release/87400 http://www.pr.com/press-release/86992 This week, AnaSpec introduced sixty (60) new catalog peptides and three (3) new assay kits. [PR.com - May 27, 2008] AnaSpec, Inc. http://www.pr.com/press-release/86992 http://www.pr.com/press-release/86877 AnaSpec added eight (8) new antibody products to its growing collection. [PR.com - May 24, 2008] AnaSpec, Inc. http://www.pr.com/press-release/86877 http://www.pr.com/press-release/85926 AnaSpec has introduced ClearPoint™ Peptides, heavy isotope-labeled peptides for absolute quantitation (AQUA) of proteins. [PR.com - May 18, 2008] AnaSpec, Inc. http://www.pr.com/press-release/85926 http://www.pr.com/press-release/83723 The number of published papers that cite AnaSpec’s products has passed 600. [PR.com - May 04, 2008] AnaSpec, Inc. http://www.pr.com/press-release/83723 http://www.pr.com/press-release/83613 AnaSpec presented its latest findings in regards to the detection of TACE activity using FRET technology. [PR.com - May 03, 2008] AnaSpec, Inc. http://www.pr.com/press-release/83613 http://www.pr.com/press-release/82971 AnaSpec has introduced a full suite of phospho-specific ErbB-2 (Her-2) polyclonal antibodies. [PR.com - April 30, 2008] AnaSpec, Inc. http://www.pr.com/press-release/82971 http://www.pr.com/press-release/82344 AnaSpec added thirteen (13) new antibody products to its growing collection. [PR.com - April 25, 2008] AnaSpec, Inc. http://www.pr.com/press-release/82344 http://www.pr.com/press-release/82088 AnaSpec’s SensoLyte™ line of MMP assay kits have quickly become the new standard in MMP assay sensitivity. [PR.com - April 24, 2008] AnaSpec, Inc. http://www.pr.com/press-release/82088 http://www.pr.com/press-release/81937 AnaSpec FRET-based MMP substrates were recently used in a double differential in vivo zymography study at the University of New Brunswick. [PR.com - April 23, 2008] AnaSpec, Inc. http://www.pr.com/press-release/81937