Cytokeratin, Basal Cell (AP)

Broadly reacting cytokeratin antibody specific for cytokeratin 5. Stains basal cells in combined and stratified epithelial tissues. Recognizes the stem cell population, including the amplifying cell in the prostate epithelium. Species crossreactivity: human, rat, rabbit, hamster, canine, chicken, quail and porcine.

[keratin, type II cytoskeletal 5; Keratin, type II cytoskeletal 5; keratin, type II cytoskeletal 5; CK-5; cytokeratin-5; 58 kda cytokeratin; type-II keratin Kb5; epidermolysis bullosa simplex 2 Dowling-Meara/Kobner/Weber-Cockayne types; keratin 5 (epidermolysis bullosa simplex, Dowling-Meara/Kobner/Weber-Cockayne types); keratin 5; 58 kDa cytokeratin; Cytokeratin-5; CK-5; Keratin-5; K5; Type-II keratin Kb5]