| Immunogen | Vimentinpurifiedfromculturedhumanforeskinfibroblasts. |
| Concentration | PleaserefertotheCertificateofAnalysisforthelot-specificconcentration. |
| Host | Goat |
| Specificity | Recognizesvimentininculturedmammaliancellsandtissuesections.AB1620specificallystainsthevimentinband(58kD)usingtotalcellortissueextractsinimmunoblotting.Noreactivitytodesmin,keratin,neurofilamentsorglialfilaments.Showswidecross-reactivityamongmammalianspeciesusingvariousimmunolabelingtechniques. |
| SpeciesReactivity | |
| AntibodyType | PolyclonalAntibody |
| EntrezGeneNumber | |
| EntrezGeneSummary | AlongwiththeMICROFILaments(actins)andmicrotubules(tubulins),theintermediatefilamentsrepresentathirdclassofwell-characterizedcytoskeletalelements.Thesubunitsdisplayatissue-specificpatternofexpression.Desmin(MIM125660)isthesubunitspecificformuscleandvimentinthesubunitspecificformesenchymaltissue.[suppliedbyOMIM] |
| GeneSymbol | - VIM
- FLJ36605
- Vimentin.
- vimentin
|
| PurificationMethod | Unpurified |
| UniProtNumber | |
| UniProtSummary | FUNCTION:SwissProt:P08670#Vimentinsareclass-IIIintermediatefilamentsfoundinvariousnon-epithelialcells,especiallymesenchymalcells. SIZE:466aminoacids;53652Da SUBUNIT:Homopolymer.ComponentofacomplexcomposedatleastofACTB,AP2M1,AP2A1,AP2A2,MEGF10andVIM.InteractswithHCVcoreprotein. TISSUESPECIFICITY:Highlyexpressedinfibroblasts,someexpressioninT-andB-lymphocytes,andlittleornoexpressioninBurkitt"slymphomacelllines.Expressedinmanyhormone-independentmammarycarcinomacelllines. PTM:Oneofthemostprominentphosphoproteinsinvariouscellsofmesenchymalorigin.Phosphorylationisenhancedduringcelldivision,atwhichtimevimentinfilamentsaresignificantlyreorganized. SIMILARITY:SwissProt:P08670##Belongstotheintermediatefilamentfamily. |
| MolecularWeight | 58kDa |