AFP Polyclonal Antibody

Background:
alpha fetoprotein(AFP) Homo sapiens 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. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008],

Alternative Names:
AFP, HPAFP, Alpha-fetoprotein, Alpha-1-fetoprotein, Alpha-fetoglobulin

Immunogen: The antiserum was produced against synthesized peptide derived from the Internal region of human AFP. AA range:371-420

Isotype: Rabbit

Purification: The antibody was affinity-purified from rabbit antiserum by affinity-chromatography using epitope-specific immunogen.

Concentration: 1 mg/ml

Observed band: 70

GeneID: AFP

Storage: -20°C/1 year

NOTE: For Research Use Only