Cytokeratin LMW Antibody, anti-human, FITC

01MT14428

Cytokeratins are typical intermediate filaments of the cytoskeleton of epithelial cells. They are a biochemically highly diverse multigene family of polypeptides with molecular masses ranging from 40 to 68 kDa. Until now 20 distinct cytokeratin polypeptides have been described, which can be divided into an acidic (type I) and a neutral-basic (type II) subfamily. The cytokeratin expression profile within one cell characterizes the type of epithelia and also the degree of maturation or differentiation. Most malignant cells which have their origin in epithelial tissue express a certain cytokerati