General Notes
Mouse anti Rat CD43 antibody, clone W3/13 recognizes the rat CD43 cell surface antigen, also known as leukosialin, sialophorin or W3/13 antigen. CD43 is a 371 amino acid ~95 kDa heavily glycosylated single pass type 1 transmembrane glycoprotein (Killeen et al. 1987) expressed by all leucocytes with the exception of B lymphocytes. CD43, in mice acts as a T-cell counter-receptor for CD169 (Siglec-1) suggesting a role in cell-cell interactions (van den Berg et al. 2001)Mouse anti Rat CD43 antibody, clone W3/13 is routinely tested in flow cytometry on rat splenocytes.