| Immunogen | Purifiedglialfilament(1). |
| Clone | cloneGA5 |
| Concentration | PleaserefertotheCertificateofAnalysisforthelot-specificconcentration. |
| Host | Mouse |
| Specificity | TheantibodyreactswithGFAPfromhuman,pig,chickenandrat.IntissuesectionsthisantibodystainsastrocytesandBergmangliacells(1). |
| Isotype | IgG1 |
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| AntibodyType | MonoclonalAntibody |
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| EntrezGeneSummary | Thisgeneencodesoneofthemajorintermediatefilamentproteinsofmatureastrocytes.ItisusedasaMarkertodistinguishastrocytesfromotherglialcellsduringdevelopment.MutationsinthisgenecauseAlexanderdisease,araredisorderofastrocytesinthecentralnervoussystem.Anadditionaltranscriptvarianthasbeendescribed,butitsfulllengthsequencehasnotbeendetermined. |
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| 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. |