| Immunogen | Nestinpurifiedfromembryonicratspinalcord. | 
| Clone | rat-401 | 
| Host | Mouse | 
| Specificity | RodentNestinproteinconfirmedwithratandmouse.Rat-401isnotreactivewithhumannestinprotein. | 
| Isotype | IgG1 | 
| SpeciesReactivity |  | 
| AntibodyType | MonoclonalAntibody | 
| EntrezGeneNumber |  | 
| EntrezGeneSummary | NestinisanintermediatefilamentproteinthatwasfirstidentifiedwithamonoclonalantibodybyHockfieldandMcKay(1985)[PubMed4078630].Itisexpressedpredominantlyinstemcellsofthecentralnervoussystemintheneuraltube.Uponterminalneuraldifferentiation,nestinisdownregulatedandreplacedbyneurofilaments.[suppliedbyOMIM] | 
| GeneSymbol | NESORFNames=Nbla00170FLJ21841Nestin.Nbla00170
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| Non-ReactiveSpecies |  | 
| UniProtNumber |  | 
| UniProtSummary | FUNCTION:SwissProt:P48681#MayplayaroleinthetraffickinganddistributionofIFproteinsandpotentiallyothercellularfactorstodaughtercellsduringProgenitorcelldivision(Bysimilarity). SIZE:1621aminoacids;177439Da
 SUBUNIT:InteractswithFHOD3(Bysimilarity).
 TISSUESPECIFICITY:CNSstemcells.
 DEVELOPMENTALSTAGE:Uponterminalneuraldifferentiation,nestinisdown-regulatedandreplacedbyneurofilaments.
 SIMILARITY:SwissProt:P48681##Belongstotheintermediatefilamentfamily.
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| StemCellType | NeuralStemCellsEpithelialCells
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