Description | Rabbit IgG polyclonal antibody for T-cell surface antigen CD2 (CD2) detection. Background: CD2 (cluster of differentiation 2) is a cell adhesion molecule found on the surface of T cells and natural killer (NK) cells. It has also been called T-cell surface antigen T11/Leu-5, LFA-2, LFA-3 receptor, erythrocyte receptor and rosette receptor. Monoclonal antibodies directed against CD2 inhibit the formation of rosettes with sheep erythrocytes, indicating that CD2 is the erythrocyte receptor or is closely associated with it. CD2 is one of the earliest T-cell markers, being present on more than 95% of thymocytes. Due to its structural characteristics, CD2 is a member of the immunoglobulin superfamily; it possesses two immunoglobulin-like domains i |
Product Specific References | 1. Brown, M. H., Gorman, P. A., Sewell, W. A., Spurr, N. K., Sheer, D., Crumpton, M. J. The gene coding for the human T-lymphocyte CD2 antigen is located on chromosome 1p. Hum. Genet. 76: 191-195, 1987.2. Clayton, L. K., Ramachandran, H., Pravtcheva, D., Chen, Y.-F., Diamond, D. J., Ruddle, F. H., Reinherz, E. L. The gene for T11 (CD2) maps to chromosome 1 in humans and to chromosome 3 in mice. J. Immun. 140: 3617-3621, 1988.3. Kingsmore, S. F., Watson, M. L., Moseley, W. S., Seldin, M. F. Physical linkage of genes encoding the lymphocyte adhesion molecules CD2 and its ligand LFA-3. Immunogenetics 30: 123-125, 1989. |