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VCL Antibody recognizes vinculin (VCL), a highly conserved cytoskeletal protein that serves as a key structural component of focal adhesions and adherens junctions. Encoded by the VCL gene, vinculin forms an essential mechanical link between integrins, cadherins, and the actin cytoskeleton, allowing cells to maintain adhesion while responding to extracellular mechanical forces. Through interactions with proteins including talin, alpha-actinin, paxillin, and alpha-catenin, vinculin regulates cell morphology, migration, proliferation, and tissue integrity. As a result, VCL Antibody is widely used to investigate focal adhesion dynamics, cytoskeletal organization, and mechanotransduction.
Vinculin is expressed in numerous tissues and is particularly abundant in cells that experience significant mechanical stress. Activation of vinculin exposes multiple binding domains that stabilize adhesion complexes and strengthen actin filament attachment during cell spreading and migration. An alternatively spliced muscle-specific isoform, metavinculin, contributes to specialized adhesion structures within cardiac and smooth muscle. Altered VCL expression or function has been associated with cardiomyopathy, impaired wound repair, and increased cancer cell invasion, highlighting its importance in both normal physiology and disease.
The VCL gene has become a common marker in studies of cell adhesion, migration, mechanobiology, and cancer progression. Changes in vinculin localization frequently reflect remodeling of focal adhesions during epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition, metastasis, and extracellular matrix interactions. Consequently, VCL Antibody is valuable for examining signaling pathways that coordinate adhesion-dependent cellular responses and cytoskeletal remodeling.
This mouse monoclonal clone VCL/3617 has been validated by Protein Microarray analysis, demonstrating highly specific recognition of vinculin with excellent HuProt Z-score and S-score performance. A VCL Antibody is an effective tool for detecting endogenous vinculin expression and investigating focal adhesion biology, cytoskeletal organization, cell migration, mechanotransduction, and VCL-mediated signaling pathways.
Learn more about focal adhesion biology and vinculin research by visiting our Vinculin Antibody / Focal Adhesion Protein Antibody page.
Optimal dilution of the VCL Antibody / Vinculin Antibody should be determined by the researcher.
Recombinant full-length human Vinculin protein was used as the immunogen for the VCL antibody.
Store the VCL antibody at 2-8oC (with azide) or aliquot and store at -20oC or colder (without azide).
VCL antibody, Vinculin antibody
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