Anti-Cytokeratin Peptide 18 antibody, Mouse monoclonal

Monoclonal anti-Cytokeratin Peptide 18 (mouse IgG1 isotype) is derived from the hybridoma produced by the fusion of mouse myeloma cells and splenocytes from an immunized mouse.

keratin from the bovine mammary gland epithelial cell line BMGE.

Monoclonal Anti-Cytokeratin Peptide 18 antibody produced in mouse has been used in:

• immunofluorescence
• immunoperoxidase staining
• immunocytochemistry
• microarray

Cytokeratins are proteins of keratin-containing intermediate filaments that provide mechanical support and other additional functions in epithelial cells. It is found in the intracytoplasmic cytoskeleton of epithelial tissue. Epithelial tissue expresses cytokeratin subunits in a specific and stable pattern. Cytokeratins along with vimentin are involved in cell proliferation, migration and differentiation of preodontoblasts and preameloblasts. The intermediate-sized filaments are abundant in human endothelial cells and are mostly of vimentin type.

The antibody reacts with a wide variety of simple epithelia (gastrointestinal, respiratory, urinary, liver, and glandular) but does not react with most stratified squamous epithelium (esophagus, epidermis) or non-epithelial cells.

Solution in 0.01 M phosphate buffered saline, pH 7.4, containing 15 mM sodium azide.

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