Anti-GFAP Antibody Picoband®

SKU: PB9082

Size: 100 μg

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

Form: Lyophilized

Reactivity: Human,Mouse,Rat

Applications: IF,IHC,WB

Application Details: Western blot, 0.1-0.5μg/ml, Human, Mouse, Rat
Immunohistochemistry (Paraffin-embedded Section), 2-5μg/ml, Human, Mouse, Rat, Pig
Immunofluorescence, 5μg/ml, Rat

Gene Name: GFAP

Specificity: No cross reactivity with other proteins.

Background: Glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) is a protein that is encoded by the GFAP gene in humans. It is an intermediate filament (IF) protein that is expressed by numerous cell types of the central nervous system (CNS) including astrocytes, and ependymal cells. It is mapped to 17q21.31. GFAP is closely related to its non-epithelial family members, vimentin, desmin, and peripherin, which are all involved in the structure and function of the cell’s cytoskeleton. GFAP is thought to help to maintain astrocyte mechanical strength, as well as the shape of cells. This gene has been shown to play a role in mitosis by adjusting the filament network present in the cell. GFAP is necessary for many critical roles in the CNS. What’s more, GFAP also plays a role in astrocyte-neuron interactions as well as cell-cell communication.

Immunogen: E.coli-derived human GFAP recombinant protein (Position: Q93-M432). Human GFAP shares 94% amino acid (aa) sequence identity with both mouse and rat GFAP.

Clonality: Polyclonal

Contents: Each vial contains antibody formulated with stabilizing components, 0.9mg NaCl, 0.2mg Na2HPO4, 0.01mg NaN3.
*This antibody is supplied in a stabilized formulation.
Compatibility with conjugation reactions depends on the chemistry of the conjugation method used.
For conjugation methods that are not compatible with the stabilizing components present in this formulation, a carrier-free antibody format is required.

Purification: Immunogen affinity purified.

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

Reference: 1. Eng LF, Ghirnikar RS, Lee YL (October 2000). Glial fibrillary acidic protein: GFAP-thirty-one years (1969-2000). Neurochem. Res. 25 (9-10): 1439–51. 2. 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. 3. Weinstein DE, Shelanski ML, Liem RK (1991). Suppression by antisense mRNA demonstrates a requirement for the glial fibrillary acidic protein in the formation of stable astrocytic processes in response to neurons. The Journal of Cell Biology 112 (6): 1205–1213.

Uniprot ID: P14136

Host: Rabbit

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

Conjugate:

Cross Reactivity: No cross-reactivity with other proteins

Isotype: Rabbit IgG

Phospho_site:

Clone Number:

Observed Molecular Weight: 50 kDa

Calculated Molecular Weight: 49880 MW

Gene ID: 2670

Protein Name: Glial fibrillary acidic protein

Gene Full Name: glial fibrillary acidic protein

Synonyms: GFAP