Vimentin Antibody | 50-264

Vimentin Antibody | 50-264 | Gentaur UK, US & Europe Distribution

Host: Chicken

Reactivity: Human, Mouse, Rat

Homology: N/A

Immunogen: Recombinant human Vimentin purified from E. coli.

Research Area: Stem Cell, Cancer

Tested Application: WB, IHC

Application: N/A

Specificiy: Specific for the ~50kDa Vimentin protein.

Positive Control 1: N/A

Positive Control 2: N/A

Positive Control 3: N/A

Positive Control 4: N/A

Positive Control 5: N/A

Positive Control 6: N/A

Molecular Weight: 50

Validation: N/A

Isoform: N/A

Purification: Total IgY fraction

Clonality: Polyclonal

Clone: N/A

Isotype: N/A

Conjugate: Unconjugated

Physical State: Liquid

Buffer: N/A

Concentration: N/A

Storage Condition: Vimentin antibody can be stored at -20˚C and is stable at -20˚C for at least 1 year.

Alternate Name: N/A

User Note: Optimal dilutions for each application to be determined by the researcher.

BACKGROUND: Vimentin is the major protein subunit of the 10nm or intermediate filaments (IFs) found in many kinds of mesenchymal and epithelial cells as well as developing neuronal and astrocytic precursor cells in the CNS. Vimentin is thought to be critically involved in lymphocyte adhesion and transmigration (Nieminen M et al. 2006) . Copolymers are frequently formed between vimentin and other IFs, such as GFAP (in many kinds of astrocytes) , desmin (in muscle cells) and neurofilament proteins (in developing neurons) . Antibodies to vimentin are useful in studies of stem cells and generally to reveal the filamentous cytoskeleton. Recent studies suggest that vimentin affects prostate cancer cells motility and invasiveness (Zhao et al. 2008) .