General Notes
Rat anti Mouse Ly-6C antibody, clone ER-MP20 recognizes murine Ly-6C, a 131 amino acid ~14 kDa differentiation antigen, expressed on macrophage/dendritic cell precursors in mid-stage development (late CFU-M, monoblasts and immature monocytes), granulocytes, and on a wide range of endothelial cells and subpopulations of B- and T-lymphocytes.Rat anti Mouse Ly-6C antibody, clone ER-MP20 is able to distinguish multiple mouse blood monocyte subsets: immature Ly-6Chi monocytes are recruited to acute peripheral inflammation and develop into Ly-6C+ exudate macrophages, whereas more mature Ly-6C-/lo monocytes are precursors for tissue macrophages and dendritic cells in steady state.Rat anti Mouse Ly-6C, clone ER-MP20 can be used in conjunction with clone ER-MP12 in two colour flow cytometric analysis, to identify different stages of myeloid progenitor cells in mouse bone marrow (Leenen et al. 1990).Rat anti Mouse Ly-6C was originally described as recognizing a protein encoded by the LY6C gene. It has subsequently become apparent that the LY6C locus demonstrates polymorphism and the LY6C gene has been re-designated LY6C2. The LY6C1 gene encodes a similar protein with ~95% sequence homology to LY6C2.