The monoclonal antibody VZ 9C.09 recognizes VZV ORF9.

During VZV infection, ORF9 is the most transcribed VZV gene (J Virol 2003. 77: 11718-11732., J Gen Virol 2005. 86: 2673-2684.). ORF9 protein is a 302 aminoacids long tegument protein expressed with late kinetics. It is a member of herpesvirus UL49 gene family (J Gen Virol 1986. 67 (Pt 9): 1759-1816). It has an essential role in VZV replication (J Virol 2007. 81: 13200-13208) and a role in secondary envelopment (J. Virol. 87: 2868-2881). The protein is localized in the cytoplasm and has a reported role in the recruitment of IE62 to complexes within the cytoplasm (J Virol 2007. 81: 761-774).

Our anti-ORF9 antibody has been validated in ELISA (on immunogen), IF (VZV infected cells) and WB (VZV infected cell lysates) as described in J Virol. 2013 Jun;87(12):6943-54.

FORM	Liquid
STORAGE	Long term -20 °C, short term +4 °C. Avoid freeze-thaw cycles.
CONCENTRATION	1 mg/mL
PURITY	Affinity purified
CLONALITY	Monoclonal
ISOTYPE	IgG1
LIGHT CHAIN TYPE	kappa
REFERENCES	Journal of Virology (2013) 87, 6943–6954

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