Clone Number: E89
Immunogen: Unknown or proprietery to MONOSAN and/or its suppliers
Concentration: n/a
Storage buffer: Tris Buffer, pH 7.3-7.7, containing 1% BSA and <0.1% Sodium Azide
Additional info: Anti-caldesmon is a regulatory protein found in smooth muscle and other tissues which interacts with actin, myosin, tropomyosin, and calmodulin. Anti-caldesmon antibody labels smooth muscle and tumors of smooth muscle, myofibroblastic, and myoepithelial differentiation. Anti-caldesmon has also been used to differentiate epithelioid mesothelioma from serous papillary carcinoma of the ovary.
References: Miettinen M, et al. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2006; 130:1466-78/Watanabe K, et al. Hum Pathol. 1999; 30:392-6/McCluggage WC. Adv Anat Pathol. 2004; 11:162-71