The YAP/TAZ Transcriptional Targets Antibody Sampler Kit provides an economical means of detecting proteins whose transcription is subject to regulation by the transcriptional co-activators YAP and/or TAZ. The kit provides enough antibody to perform two western blot experiments with each primary antibody.

YAP and TAZ (WWTR1) are transcriptional co-activators that play a central role in the Hippo Signaling pathway that regulates cell, tissue and organ growth. Under growth conditions, YAP and TAZ are translocated to the nucleus, where they interact with DNA-binding transcription factors (e.g., Transcriptional Enhanced Activation Domain [TEAD] proteins) to regulate the expression of genes that control fundamental aspects of cell function, such as proliferation and cell survival (1). A number of genes have been experimentally confirmed as targets of transcriptional regulation by YAP and TAZ. These include the extracellular matrix proteins CTGF, CYR61, and integrin β2 (2-4), the inhibitor of apoptosis protein (IAP) survivin (5), the mechano-sensitive nuclear envelope protein Lamin B2 (6), and the oncogenic receptor tyrosine kinase Axl (7).