AFP Polyclonal Antibody

Reddot Biotech

AFP Polyclonal Antibody

5

Western Blot, ImmunoHistoChemistry

Research Use Only

Polyclonal

1 mg/ml

Unconjugated

AFP

alpha fetoprotein

AFPD; alpha-1-fetoprotein; alpha-fetoglobulin; alpha-fetoprotein; FETA; HPAFP

Rabbit

IgG

This gene encodes alpha-fetoprotein, a major plasma protein produced by the yolk sac and the liver during fetal life. Alpha-fetoprotein expression in adults is often associated with hepatoma or teratoma. However, hereditary persistance of alpha-fetoprotein may also be found in individuals with no obvious pathology. The protein is thought to be the fetal counterpart of serum albumin, and the alpha-fetoprotein and albumin genes are present in tandem in the same transcriptional orientation on chromosome 4. Alpha-fetoprotein is found in monomeric as well as dimeric and trimeric forms, and binds copper, nickel, fatty acids and bilirubin. The level of alpha-fetoprotein in amniotic fluid is used to measure renal loss of protein to screen for spina bifida and anencephaly.

Human, Mouse

-20°C

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