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01-12-2013 | Letter to the Editor
Anticytokeratin CAM 5.2 Does not Correspond to Antibodies CK 8/18
Authors:
Wan-Ru Chao, Jau-Chen Lin, Yu-Chen Huang, Chi-Kuan Chen, Chih-Ping Han
Published in:
Head and Neck Pathology
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Issue 4/2013
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Excerpt
Anti-cytokeratin CAM 5.2 is sourced by Becton Dickinson (BD) Biosciences (Franklin Lakes, NJ, USA) and is derived from mouse immunoglobulin G2a, clone CAM 5.2. According to the company’s data sheet, this clone reacts with cytokeratin (CK) 7 and CK 8, respectively. Both peptides are found in most epithelial cells, with the exception of stratified squamous epithelium [
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