Immunogen | PurifiedGFAPfromporcinespinalcord. |
Clone | GA5 |
Concentration | PleaserefertotheCertificateofAnalysisforthelot-specificconcentration. |
Host | Mouse |
Specificity | Glialfibrillaracidicprotein.Onwesternblotsofextractsfromahumangliomacellline(U33CG/343MG),MAB360recognizesabandatapproximately51kDacorrespondingtoGFAP(Debus,1983).ByimmunohistochemistryitrecognizesastrocytesandBergmanngliacells,gliomaandglialcellderivedtumors.Showsnocross-reactivitywithvimentin. |
Isotype | IgG1 |
SpeciesReactivity | - Bovine
- Chicken
- Human
- Mouse
- Pig
- Rat
- Rabbit
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SpeciesReactivityNote | ReactswithBovine,Chicken,Human,Mouse,Porcine(Pig),RabbitandRat.Reactivitywithotherspecieshasnotbeendetermined. |
AntibodyType | MonoclonalAntibody |
EntrezGeneNumber | |
EntrezGeneSummary | Thisgeneencodesoneofthemajorintermediatefilamentproteinsofmatureastrocytes.Itisusedasamarkertodistinguishastrocytesfromotherglialcellsduringdevelopment.MutationsinthisgenecauseAlexanderdisease,araredisorderofastrocytesinthecentralnervoussystem.Anadditionaltranscriptvarianthasbeendescribed,butitsfulllengthsequencehasnotbeendetermined. |
GeneSymbol | |
PurificationMethod | Unpurified |
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 | ~51kDa |