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Preferred Name

Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein
ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C68804
code

C68804
DEFINITION

Glial fibrillary acidic protein (432 aa, ~50 kDa) is encoded by the human GFAP gene. This protein may be involved in both neuronal maintenance and astrocyte morphology and motility.
DesignNote

Glial fibrillary acidic protein is used as a marker to distinguish astrocytes from other glial cells. (Entrez Gene)
FULL_SYN

GFAP
label

Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein
Legacy_Concept_Name

Glial_Fibrillary_Acidic_Protein
OMIM_Number

137780
Preferred_Name

Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein
prefixIRI

C68804
prefLabel

Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein
Semantic_Type

Amino Acid, Peptide, or Protein
Swiss_Prot

P14136
UMLS_CUI

C0017626
subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C20694
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http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D005904 Medical Subject Headings LOOM
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PR_000007939 Cell Ontology LOOM
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PR_000007939 Protein Ontology LOOM
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/LNC/LP14666-9 Logical Observation Identifier Names and Codes LOOM
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/OMIM/137780 Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man LOOM