Table 1 Antibodies used.

From: Epithelial cell migration requires the interaction between the vimentin and keratin intermediate filaments

Antigen

Antibody specificity

Source

Vim

Monoclonal (clone V9), against human, rat, pig or avian; non cross-reactive with mouse; for immunostaining rhodamine conjugated

Santa Cruz Biotechnology Inc. (Santa Cruz CA)

CK K14

Monoclonal (clone L001), reactive with mouse, rat, human, porcine and canine

Santa Cruz Biotechnology Inc. (Santa Cruz CA)

Monoclonal (clone L002), reactive with human; fluorescein conjugated

EMD Millipore (Billerica, MA)

CK K5/6

Monoclonal, clone D5/16 B4

Chemicon International, Inc. (Temecula, CA)