Vimentin (VIM) (MaxLight 490)
Catalogue Number: 138602-AF-ML490-USB
| Manufacturer: | United States Biological |
| Physical state: | Supplied as a liquid in PBS, pH 7.2. No preservative added. Labeled with MaxLight™490. |
| Type: | Monoclonal Primary Antibody - Conjugated |
| Shipping Condition: | Blue Ice |
| Unit(s): | 100 ul |
| Host name: | Mouse |
| Clone: | VM452 |
| Isotype: | IgG1 |
| Immunogen: | Recombinant protein corresponding to human vimentin. |
| Application: | IF, IP, WB, IHC, FLISA |
Description
Description: MaxLight™490 is a new Blue-Green photostable dye conjugate comparable to DyLight™488, Alexa Fluor™488 and offers better labeling efficiency, brighter imaging and increased immunodetection. Absorbance (491nm); Emission (515nm); Extinction Coefficient 73,000. This monoclonal antibody reacts with a 58kD protein identified as vimentin. It shows no cross-reaction with other closely related intermediate filament proteins (IFP's) such as desmin, keratin, neurofilament, and glial fibrillary acid protein. Anti-vimentin alone is of limited value as a diagnostic tool; however, when used in panels with other antibodies, it is useful for the sub-classification of a given tumor. Expression of vimentin, when used in conjunction with anti-keratin, is helpful when distinguishing melanomas from undifferentiated carcinomas and large cell lymphomas. All melanomas and Schwannomas react strongly with anti-vimentin. It labels a variety of mesenchymal cells, including melanocytes, lymphocytes, endothelial cells, and fibroblasts. Non-reactivity of anti-vimentin is often considered more useful than its positive reactivity, since there are a few tumors that do not contain vimentin, e.g. hepatoma and seminoma. Anti-vimentin is also useful as a tissue process control reagent.
Additional Text
Gene Name
VIM
Gene ID
7431
Uniprot ID
P08670
Accession Number
NP_003371
Specificity
Recognizes human vimentin. Species Crossreactivity: bovine, canine, feline, porcine, goat and chicken. Does not react with mouse and rat.
Purification
Protein G purified
Antibody Clonality
Monoclonal
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