Actins

Actins specific to muscle:

• alpha-skeletal

• alpha-cardiac

• alpha-smooth muscle

• gamma-smooth muscle

• Anti smooth muscle actin (clone 1A4) is relatively non-specific. HHF35 recognises an epitope common to alpha-skeletal, alpha-cardiac and gamma-smooth muscle actins and is relatively specific to muscle.

Non-myogenous actins are found in most cell types:

• beta-cytoplasmic

• gamma-cytoplasmic