Vimentin
Last revised by Daniel J Bell on 4 Mar 2019
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Gaillard F, Vimentin. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 19 Apr 2024) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-51997
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Vimentin is a fairly widespread cytoskeletal component encoding for intermediate filaments. It can be used as a target for immunohistochemistry to help characterize numerous tissues and tumors.
References
- 1. VIM vimentin NCBI Gene ID: 7431. NCBI Gene online Accessed March 17, 2017.
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