What Is a Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein?

Glial fibrillary acidic protein is a type III intermediate fibrillar protein that is a specific marker during the development of the central nervous system, which can distinguish stellate cells and glial cells. Such proteins in humans consist of 432 amino acids.

Glial fibrillary acidic protein

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Glial fibrillary acidic protein is a type III intermediate fibrillar protein that is a specific marker during the development of the central nervous system, which can distinguish stellate cells and glial cells. Such proteins in humans consist of 432 amino acids.
Chinese name
Glial fibrillary acidic protein
English name
glial fibrillary acidic protein; GFAP
definition
Central nervous system astrocyte-specific type III intermediate fibrillin. It is a hallmark of astrocyte differentiation and its expression is regulated during development, wound healing and disease.
Applied discipline
Cell biology (first-level discipline), cytochemistry (second-level discipline)
The above content was published by the National Science and Technology Terminology Examination Committee.
Chinese name
Glial fibrillary acidic protein
Foreign name
glial fibrillary acidic protein
First-level discipline
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
secondary discipline
Amino acids, peptides and proteins
  • Chinese name
  • Glial fibrillary acidic protein
  • Applied discipline
  • Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (Level I), Amino Acids, Peptides and Proteins (Level II)

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