| Immunogen | PurifiedbovineGFAP. |
| Concentration | PleaserefertotheCertificateofAnalysisforthelot-specificconcentration. |
| Host | Chicken |
| Specificity | Glialfibrillaryacidicprotein(GFAP).Reactswithbothnativeandrecombinantprotein. |
| SpeciesReactivity | |
| SpeciesReactivityNote | Human,rat,andmouse.Expectedtocross-reactwithbovineandporcine.Otherspecieshavenotyetbeentested. |
| AntibodyType | PolyclonalAntibody |
| EntrezGeneNumber | |
| EntrezGeneSummary | Thisgeneencodesoneofthemajorintermediatefilamentproteinsofmatureastrocytes.Itisusedasamarkertodistinguishastrocytesfromotherglialcellsduringdevelopment.MutationsinthisgenecauseAlexanderdisease,araredisorderofastrocytesinthecentralnervoussystem.Anadditionaltranscriptvarianthasbeendescribed,butitsfulllengthsequencehasnotbeendetermined. |
| GeneSymbol | |
| PurificationMethod | ImmunoAffinityPurified |
| UniProtNumber | |
| UniProtSummary | FUNCTION:SwissProt:P14136#GFAP,aclass-IIIintermediatefilament,isacell-specificmarkerthat,duringthedevelopmentofthecentralnervoussystem,distinguishesastrocytesfromotherglialcells. SIZE:432aminoacids;49880Da SUBUNIT:Isoform3interactswithN-terminusofPSEN1. SUBCELLULARLOCATION:Cytoplasm.Note=Associatedwithintermediatefilaments. DISEASE:SwissProt:P14136#DefectsinGFAPareacauseofAlexanderdisease[MIM:203450].Alexanderdiseaseisararedisorderofthecentralnervoussystem.ItisaprogressiveleukoencephalopathywhosehallmarkisthewidespreadaccumulationofRosenthalfiberswhicharecytoplasmicinclusionsinastrocytes.Themostcommonformaffectsinfantsandyoungchildren,andischaracterizedbyprogressivefailureofcentralmyelination,usuallyleADIngtodeathusuallywithinthefirstdecade.InfantswithAlexanderdiseasedevelopaleukoencephalopathywithmacrocephaly,seizures,andpsychomotorretardation.Patientswithjuvenileoradultformstypicallyexperienceataxia,bulbarsignsandspasticity,andamoreslowlyprogressivecourse. SIMILARITY:SwissProt:P14136##Belongstotheintermediatefilamentfamily.... |
| MolecularWeight | 55kDa |