金山科研平台，产品价格货期咨询微信：jinshanbio Assay Type:ELISA Development Kit Assay Length:4 hours 40 minutes (after plate preparation) Sample Type & Volume Required:100 µL Sufficient Materials:For fifteen 96-well plates* Range:7.81 - 500 pg/mL Specificity:Please see the product datasheet Molecule Information: MIA Long Name: Melanoma Inhibitory Activity Aliases: CD-RAP Entrez Gene IDs: 8190 (Human); 12587 (Mouse) Background: Melanoma Inhibitory Activity (MIA) MIA, also known as cartilage-derived retinoic acid-sensitive protein (CD-RAP), is a secreted protein expressed in cartilaginous tissue during development and in the adult. MIA was identified based on the fact that it is highly expressed in malignant melanomas, but not in normal melanocytes. MIA has been shown to interact with fibronectin, and promotes invasion and metastasis of melanoma cells, perhaps by blocking integrin-fibronectin interactions.