Vimentin Recombinant Antibody

• Description:

  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.

• UniProt:

  P08670

• Host:

  Mouse

• Immunogen:

  A portion of amino acids 2-466 from the human protein was used as the immunogen for the recombinant VIM antibody.

• Clonality:

  Monoclonal

• Isotype:

  IgG1 κ

• Type:

  Recombinant

• Applications:

  WB, IHC-P

• Format:

  Purified

• Buffer:

  1 mg/ml in 1X PBS; BSA free, sodium azide free

• Reconstitution:

  Aliquot the recombinant VIM antibody and store frozen at -20oC or colder. Avoid repeated freeze-thaw cycles.

• Limitations:

  This recombinant VIM antibody is available for research use only.

• CAS Number:

  9000-83-3