CD8 Monoclonal Antibody (vpg9), PE

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Product Description

This antibody creacts with the alpha and beta chains of CD8. This antibody does not react with human. Reconstitute with 1 mL of distilled water. After reconstitution, store product undiluted at 4ºC in the dark. For FACS analysis, use 10 µL of the suggested working dilution to label 1x10^6 cells in 100 µL. Mouse anti Cat CD8 alpha/beta antibody, clone vpg9 recognizes the feline homolog of human CD8. Clone vpg 9 specifically recognizes an epitope associated with the alpha/beta complex of the CD8 heterodimer (Shimojima et al. 1998). Cluster of differentiation 8 (CD8), a type I transmembrane glycoprotein of the immunoglobulin family of receptors, plays an integral role in signal transduction, and T cell differentiation and activation. CD8 is predominantly expressed on T cells as a disulfide-linked heterodimer of CD8alpha and CD8beta, where it functions as a co-receptor, along with T cell receptor (TCR), for major histocompatibilty complex class I (MHC-I) molecules; whereas its counterpart, CD4, acts as a co-receptor for MHC-II molecules. CD8 exists on the cell surface, where the CD8alpha chain is essential for binding to MHC-I. CD8 is also expressed on a subset of T cells, NK cells, monocytes and dendritic cells as disulfide-linked homodimers of CD8alpha.