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RCK103 is a Cytokeratin antibody recognizing (amongst others) Cytokeratin 5. This monoclonal antibody stains basal cells in combined and stratified epithelial tissues. It recognizes the stem cell population, including the so-called amplifying cells in the prostate epithelium.
The antibody may be stored at 4°C. For prolonged storage prepare appropriate aliquots and store at or below -20°C. Prior to use, an aliquot is thawed slowly in the dark at ambient temperature, spun down again and used to prepare working dilutions by adding sterile phosphate buffered saline (PBS, pH 7.2). Repeated thawing and freezing should be avoided. Working dilutions should be stored at 4°C, not refrozen, and preferably used the same day. If a slight precipitation occurs upon storage, this should be removed by centrifugation. It will not affect the performance or the concentration of the product.
Cytokeratin pan is part of a subfamily of intermediate filament proteins that are characterized by remarkable biochemical diversity, and represented in human epithelial tissues by at least 20 different polypeptides. Cytokeratins range in molecular weight between 40 kDa- 68 kDa, and an isoelectric pH between 4.9-7.8. The individual human cytokeratins are numbered 1 to 20. The various epithelia in the human body usually express cytokeratins which are not only characteristic of the type of epithelium, but also related to the degree of maturation or differentiation within an epithelium. Cytokeratin subtype expression patterns are used to an increasing extent in the distinction of different types of epithelial malignancies. The cytokeratin antibodies are not only of assistance in the differential diagnosis of tumors using immunohistochemistry on tissue sections, but are also a useful tool in cytopathology and flow cytometric assays. The composition of cytokeratin pairs vary with the epithelial cell type, stage of differentiation, cellular growth environment, and disease state. Many studies have shown the usefulness of keratins as markers in cancer research and tumor diagnosis.
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Protein Aliases: 58 kDa cytokeratin; CK-5; Cytokeratin-5; epidermolysis bullosa simplex 2 Dowling-Meara/Kobner/Weber-Cockayne types; K5; keratin 5; keratin 5 (epidermolysis bullosa simplex Dowling-Meara/Kobner/Weber-Cockayne types); keratin 5 (epidermolysis bullosa simplex, Dowling-Meara/Kobner/Weber-Cockayne types); keratin 5, type II; keratin 5-like; keratin 75; keratin complex 2, basic, gene 5; Keratin, type II cytoskeletal 5; Keratin-5; krt5; type II alpha keratin IIA; type II cytokeratin; Type-II keratin Kb5
Gene Aliases: CK5; ckii; DDD; DDD1; EBS2; K5; Krt2-5; KRT5; KRT5A; KRT75; Sak57; wu:fb02h09; wu:fj02d02; wu:fk78b12; zfCKII
UniProt ID: (Human) P13647, (Rat) Q6P6Q2
Entrez Gene ID: (Chicken) 407779, (Dog) 100687760, (Human) 3852, (Rat) 369017, (Rabbit) 100352658, (Zebrafish) 797351
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