Vimentins are class-III intermediate filaments found in various non-epithelial cells, especially mesenchymal cells.1) Sommers C. L., Walker-Jones D., Heckford S. E., Worland P., Valverius E., Clark R., McCormick F., Cancer Res. 49:4258-4263 (1989) Kang S. -M., Shin M. -J., Kim J. -H., Oh J. -W. Proteomics 5:2227-2237 (2005) Ahmed B. A., Bukhari I. A., Jeffus B. C., Harney J. T., Thyparambil S., Ziu E., Fraer M., Rusch N. J., PLoS ONE 4:E4730-E4730 (2009)
Immunogen
Vimentin antibody was raised against a peptide sequence around aa.452~456 (G-Q-V-I-N) derived from Human Vimentin.