Formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded human stomach tissue (4 um) stained with ACTB monoclonal antibody, clone S12-I (Cat # MAB1644) shows strong positive immunostaining of smooth muscle cells. Kindly performed and provided by Katarina Poliakova, MD and Lubomir Straka, MD, Ph. D. from Clinical Pathology Presov, Ltd., Presov, Slovakia.
This gene encodes one of six different actin proteins. Actins are highly conserved proteins that are involved in cell motility, structure, and integrity. This actin is a major constituent of the contractile apparatus and one of the two nonmuscle cytoskeletal actins. [provided by RefSeq
Other Designations:
PS1TP5-binding protein 1,actin, cytoplasmic 1,beta actin,beta cytoskeletal actin