Description | GFAPisa50kDaintra-cytoplasmicfilamentousproteinoftheCytoskeletoninastrocytes.Duringthedevelopmentofthecentralnervoussystem,itisacell-specificMarkerthatdistinguishesastrocytesfromotherglialcells.GFAPimmunoreactivityhasbeenshowninimmatureoligodendrocytes,epiglotticcartilage,pituicytes,papillarymeningiomas,myoepithelialcellsofthebreastandinnon-CNS:Schwanncells,salivaryglandneoplasms,entericgliacells,andmetastasizingrenalcarcinomas.Atleast3isoformsareproducedfromalternatesplicing.TheseisoformsdifferintheC-terminalregionwhichisencodedbyalternativeexons.Thisantibodydetectsallthreeisoforms. |
BatchNo. | Seeproductlabel |
Unitsize | 100µg |
Antigen | GFAPfrompigspinalcord |
Clone | GA-8 |
OtherNames | Astrocyte;Glialfibrillaryacidicprotein; |
Accession | P14136GFAP_HUMAN;Q8WP16Q8WP16_PIG |
Producedin | Mouse |
Purity | IgG |
Applications | Immunohistochemistry(IHC)andWesternBlotting(WB).Aconcentrationof0.5-1.0µg/mlisrecommendedforWB.HumanGFAPhasapredictedlengthof432residuesandMWof50kDa.Aconcentrationof0.5-1.0µg/mlisrecommendedtodetectGFAPinformalinfixedandparaffinembeddedtissuesaswellasformalin/acetonefixedtissues.Biosensisrecommendsoptimaldilutions/concentrationsshouldbedeterminedbytheenduser. |
Specificity | ThespecificityofthisantibodyhasbeenconfirmedbyWBandIHCagainsttheantigen. |
Cross-reactivity | Human;mouse;rat; |
Blastit | Ifyouwishtousethisproductinaspeciesotherthanthosespecifiedhereandwanttodeterminetheaminoacidsequencehomologybetweentheimmunogenandthecorrespondingproteininthatspecies,simplycopytheaminoacidsequenceforthisimmunogenandtestitontheBLASTdatabasethatyoucanaccessthroughthelinkbelow.Pleasenotethatantibodiesraisedagainstsyntheticpeptidesarequiteoftenveryspecificforthatpeptide.Whatthismeansinpractiseisthatasingleaminoaciddifferencemaybeenoughtorestrictthespecificitytoaparticularmolecule.TheBLASTdatabasecanalsobeusedtocompareanyaminoacidsequencebetweenspeciesandbetweenprotein.ThefullaminoacidsequenceofthetargetproteincanbefoundbyfollowingthelinkintheAccessionfield.YoucanthensearchanyaminoacidsequenceinthetargetproteinusingtheBLASTdatabase.Whenselectingasequencetosearch,pleasechoosecarefully,asthesequenceyouchoosemaybeaprecursorratherthanthematureproteinforexample. |
Form | Lyophilizedfrom1.2%sodiumacetate,2mgBSA,0.01mgNaN3 |
Reconstitution | Reconstitutein1mlofPBS(pH7.4)toachieveanantibodyconcentrationof100µg/ml.Centrifugetoremoveanyinsolublematerial. |
Storage | Atleast12monthsafterpurchaseat2-4°C(lyophilizedformulations).Afterreconstitution,aliquotandstoreat-20°CforahigherstABIlity.Avoidfreeze-thawcycles. |
ExpiryDate | 12monthsafterpurchase. |
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