Clone Number: V9
Immunogen: Purified vimentin from porcine eye lens.
Concentration: Greater than or equal to 16 mg/L
Storage buffer: Tissue culture supernatant with sodium azide
Additional info: Eukaryotic cells contain a number of types of cytoplasmic filamentous proteins, microtubule, microfilaments and intermediate-sized filaments (IF). Vimentin, a 57 kD protein that is an intermediate filament is reported to be expressed in most cells of mesenchymal origin, including fibroblasts, endothelial cells, smooth muscle, melanocytes as well as T and B lymphocytes.
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