Calretinin Antibody

Calretinin is a calcium-binding protein involved in calcium signaling. It is abundantly expressed throughout the central nervous system, retina and many other tissues. Studies have shown that calretinin may play a role in neuroprotection by buffering intracellular calcium (Lukas and Jones 1994, Weisenhorn et al., 1996) . Additionally, calretinin selectively stains mesothelial cells thus making it an important marker for differentiating malignant mesothelioma from carcinomas (Attanoos et al., 2000) .

29 kDa calbindin antibody, CAB 29 antibody, CAB29 antibody, CAL 2 antibody, CAL2 antibody, CALB 2 antibody, CALB2 antibody, CALB2_HUMAN antibody, Calbindin 2 29kDa antibody, Calbindin 2 antibody, Calbindin D29K antibody, Calbindin2 antibody, Calretinin antibody, CR antibody

Recommended that the undiluted antibody be aliquoted into smaller working volumes (10-30 uL/vial depending on usage) upon arrival and stored long term at -20° C or -80° C, while keeping a working aliquot stored at 4° C for short term. Avoid freeze/thaw cycles. Stable for at least 1 year.

Specific for endogenous levels of the ~29 kDa calretinin protein in Western blots of rat brain lysate. The antibody also works well for immunohistochemistry on formalin or paraformaldehyde perfused rat brain tissue sections.