General Notes
Hamster anti Mouse CD61 antibody, clone HM beta 3-1 recognizes the murine integrin beta 3 subunit (CD61), a ~90 kDa a type I membrane protein, expressed primarily on megakaryocytes, platelets, monocytes, macrophages, granulocytes and endothelial cells. CD61 associates with either the alpha IIb integrin (CD41) or the alpha V integrin (CD51) to form the platelet glycoprotein complex IIb/IIIa and the vitronectin receptor (VNR) respectively. The heterodimers formed with CD61 are receptor for a variety of ligands including fibrinogen, fibronectin, von Willebrands factor (vWF), vitronectin and thrombospondin.Hamster anti Mouse CD61 antibody, clone HM beta 3-1 is reported to partially inhibit the binding of CD61 to fibronectin (Yasuda et al. 1995).