Description: This MAb reacts with a 58 kDa 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.Primary antibodies are available purified, or with a selection of fluorescent CF® Dyes and other labels. CF® Dyes offer exceptional brightness and photostability. Note: Conjugates of blue fluorescent dyes like CF®405S and CF®405M are not recommended for detecting low abundance targets, because blue dyes have lower fluorescence and can give higher non-specific background than other dye colors.
Product origin: Animal - Mus musculus (mouse), Bos taurus (bovine)
Conjugate: CF740
Concentration: 0.1 mg/mL
Storage buffer: PBS, 0.1% rBSA, 0.05% azide
Clone: VM452
Immunogen: Recombinant full-length human vimentin protein
Antibody Reactivity: Vimentin
Entrez Gene ID: 7431
Z-Antibody Applications: Flow, intracellular (verified)/IHC, FFPE (verified)/WB (verified)
Verified AB Applications: Flow (intracellular) (verified)/IHC (FFPE) (verified)/WB (verified)
Antibody Application Notes: Higher concentration may be required for direct detection using primary antibody conjugates than for indirect detection with secondary antibody/Immunofluorescence: 1-2 ug/mL/Does not react with mouse or rat/Flow cytometry: 0.5-1 ug/million cells/Immunohistology (formalin): 0.25-0.5 ug/mL for 30 minutes at RT/Staining of formalin-fixed tissues requires boiling tissue sections in 10 mM citrate buffer, pH 6.0, for 10-20 minutes followed by cooling at RT for 20 minutes/Western blotting 0.25-0.5 ug/mL/Optimal dilution for a specific application should be determined by user
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