| Immunogen | PurifiedbovineGFAP | 
| Concentration | PleaserefertotheCertificateofAnalysisforthelot-specificconcentration. | 
| Host | Rabbit | 
| Specificity | RecognizesGlialFibrillaryAcidicProtein(GFAP). | 
| SpeciesReactivity |  | 
| SpeciesReactivityNote | Human,rat,bovineandcanine.ItisexpectedthattheantibodywillreactwithmostmammalianGFAPduetohomology.Reactivitywithotherspecieshasnotbeenconfirmed. | 
| AntibodyType | PolyclonalAntibody | 
| EntrezGeneNumber |  | 
| EntrezGeneSummary | Thisgeneencodesoneofthemajorintermediatefilamentproteinsofmatureastrocytes.Itisusedasamarkertodistinguishastrocytesfromotherglialcellsduringdevelopment.MutationsinthisgenecauseAlexanderdisease,araredisorderofastrocytesinthecentralnervoussystem.Anadditionaltranscriptvarianthasbeendescribed,butitsfulllengthsequencehasnotbeendetermined. | 
| GeneSymbol |  | 
| PurificationMethod | Unpurified | 
| UniProtNumber |  | 
| UniProtSummary | FUNCTION:SwissProt:Q28115#GFAP,aclass-IIIintermediatefilament,isacell-specificmarkerthat,duringthedevelopmentofthecentralnervoussystem,distinguishesastrocytesfromotherglialcells. SIZE:428aminoacids;49512Da SUBCELLULARLOCATION:Cytoplasm.Note=Associatedwithintermediatefilaments. SIMILARITY:SwissProt:Q28115##Belongstotheintermediatefilamentfamily. | 
| MolecularWeight | 50kDa |