Host: Mouse

Isotype: IgG1

Immunogen: human PMC42 breast cancer cells

Form: Liquid

Formulation: In 10 mM PBS, 0.2% BSA, pH 7.4.

Preservative: ≤0.1% sodium azide

Positive Control: HeLa cells, mesothelial cells, or skin or hepatocellular carcinoma tissue

Negative Control: Arterial blood vessels or HUVECs

Comments: Recognizes the ~45 kDa cytokeratin 18 protein in a majority of adenocarcinoma and aductal carcinomas, but not squamos cell carcinomas.

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