Activating transcription factor 2 is a nuclear protein detected abundantly in the brain. ATF2 also known as Cyclic AMP-dependent transcription factor ATF-2 is a transcriptional activator that binds DNA as a dimer and can form a homodimer in the absence of DNA.
Imgenex Corp. develops and commercializes novel reagents for the scientific study of human biology and disease and for the production of new diagnostic assays and potential therapies of such diseases. These novel reagents include antibodies, gene and protein expression systems, and arrays of various cells and tissues for use in studies of functional genomics. Areas of biological interest at Imgenex include cancer, apoptosis (programmed cell death), molecular signaling pathways, cellular aging, and metabolic and infectious diseases.
