| Immunogen | Vimentinpurifiedfromculturedhumanforeskinfibroblasts. | 
| Concentration | PleaserefertotheCertificateofAnalysisforthelot-specificconcentration. | 
| Host | Goat | 
| Specificity | Recognizesvimentininculturedmammaliancellsandtissuesections.AB1620specificallystainsthevimentinband(58kD)usingtotalcellortissueextractsinimmunoblotting.Noreactivitytodesmin,keratin,neurofilamentsorglialfilaments.Showswidecross-reactivityamongmammalianspeciesusingvariousimmunolabelingtechniques. | 
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| AntibodyType | PolyclonalAntibody | 
| EntrezGeneNumber |  | 
| EntrezGeneSummary | AlongwiththeMICROFILaments(actins)andmicrotubules(tubulins),theintermediatefilamentsrepresentathirdclassofwell-characterizedcytoskeletalelements.Thesubunitsdisplayatissue-specificpatternofexpression.Desmin(MIM125660)isthesubunitspecificformuscleandvimentinthesubunitspecificformesenchymaltissue.[suppliedbyOMIM] | 
| GeneSymbol | VIMFLJ36605Vimentin.vimentin
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| 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.
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| MolecularWeight | 58kDa |