Anti-GFAP Antibody Picoband®

About this product

Boster Bio Anti-GFAP Antibody catalog # PA1239. Tested in IF, IHC, WB applications. This antibody reacts with Human, Mouse, Rat. The brand Picoband indicates this is a premium antibody that guarantees superior quality, high affinity, and strong signals with minimal background in Western blot applications. Only our best-performing antibodies are designated as Picoband, ensuring unmatched performance.

Specifications

Catalog number

PA1239

Size / count

100 µg/Vial

Dry ice

No

Hazardous

No

Discontinued

No

Background

Glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) is an intermediate-filament (IF) protein that is highly specific for cells of astroglial lineage, although its tissue-specific role is speculative. GFAP has been located in rat kidney glomeruli and peritubular fibroblasts, leydig cells of testis, skin keratinocytes, osteocytes of bones, chondrocytes of epiglottis, bronchus, and stellate-shaped cells of the pancreas and liver. Its expression is essential for normal white matter architecture and blood-brain barrier integrity, and its absence leads to late-onset CNS dysmyelination. GFAP has also been shown to play a role in mitosis by adjusting the filament network present in the cell. During mitosis, there is an increase in the amount of phosphorylated GFAP, and a movement of this modified protein to the cleavage furrow.

Synonyms

Glial fibrillary acidic protein; GFAP; GFAP

Gene Name

GFAP

Gene ID

2670

UniProt

P14136

Host

Rabbit

Reactivity

Human, Mouse, Rat

Cross Reactivity

No cross-reactivity with other proteins

Immunogen

A synthetic peptide corresponding to a sequence at the C-terminus of human GFAP, identical to the related rat sequence, and different from the related mouse sequence by two amino acids.

Clonality

Polyclonal

Tissue Specificity

Expressed in cells lacking fibronectin. .

Applications

IF, IHC, WB

Field of Research

Cell Adhesion Proteins, Cell Type Marker, Cell Type Markers, Cytoskeleton, Cytoskeleton/ECM, Intermediate Filaments, Neural Stem Cells, Neuroscience, Signal Transduction, Stem Cells, Tags & Cell Markers

Purification

Immunogen affinity purified.

Concentration

Adding 0.2 ml of distilled water will yield a concentration of 500 μg/ml.

Form

Lyophilized

Reconstitution

Add 0.2ml of distilled water will yield a concentration of 500ug/ml.

Function

GFAP, a class-III intermediate filament, is a cell- specific marker that, during the development of the central nervous system, distinguishes astrocytes from other glial cells.

References & Citations

1. Reeves SA, Helman LJ, Allison A, Israel MA (1989) . Molecular cloning and primary structure of human glial fibrillary acidic protein. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 86 (13) : 5178–82. 2. Liedtke W, Edelmann W, Bieri PL, Chiu FC, Cowan NJ, Kucherlapati R, Raine CS (1996) . GFAP is necessary for the integrity of CNS white matter architecture and long-term maintenance of myelination. Neuron 17 (4) : 607–15. 3. Tardy M, Fages C, Le Prince G, Rolland B, Nunez J (1990) . Regulation of the glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) and of its encoding mRNA in the developing brain and in cultured astrocytes. Adv. Exp. Med. Biol. 265: 41–52.

Storage Conditions

Store at -20°C for one year from date of receipt. After reconstitution, at 4°C for one month. It can also be aliquotted and stored frozen at -20°C for six months. Avoid repeated freeze-thaw cycles.

Calculated Molecular Weight

49880 MW

Observed Molecular Weight

49 kDa

Specificity

No cross reactivity with other proteins.

Gene Name Synonym

Glial fibrillary acidic protein

Subcellular Location

Cytoplasm . Associated with intermediate filaments.

Sequence Similarities

Belongs to the intermediate filament family.

Protein Name

Glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP)

Isotype

Rabbit IgG

Contents

Each vial contains 5mg BSA, 0.9mg NaCl, 0.2mg Na2HPO4, 0.05mg Thimerosal, 0.05mg NaN3.