The CD56, clone MEM-188, PerCP-Cy®5.5 conjugate is a mouse monoclonal antibody (mAb) that recognizes the human CD56 (N-CAM) antigen. The PerCP-Cy®5.5 tandem conjugate combines the peridinin-chlorophyll proteins (PerCP) complexes, found in nature, with the Cy®5.5 cyanine dye; thereby permitting simultaneous multicolor labeling and detection of multiple targets by utilizing a single excitation source – the 488 nm line of an argon-ion laser.


Specific for CD56
CD56, also known as neural cell adhesion molecule (N-CAM), is a single transmembrane glycoprotein that is considered to be a pan NK cell marker. CD56 is expressed on NK cells, NK-T cells, the brain (cerebellum and cortex), at neuromuscular junctions, certain large granular lymphocyte (LGL) leukemias, small-cell lung carcinomas, neuronal derived tumors, myelomas, and myeloid leukemias. CD56 plays a role in cell adhesion via binding to itself (described as homophilic adhesion) or heparan sulfate (described as heterophilic adhesion). The CD56 mouse monoclonal antibody (mAb) recognizes human CD56.

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