GFAP
Gene Information
- Official Symbol: GFAP
- Official Name: glial fibrillary acidic protein
- Aliases and Previous Symbols: N/A
- Entrez ID: 2670
- UniProt: P14136
- Interactions: BioGRID
- PubMed articles: Open PubMed
- OMIM: Open OMIM
Function Summary
- Entrez Summary: This gene encodes one of the major intermediate filament proteins of mature astrocytes. It is used as a marker to distinguish astrocytes from other glial cells during development. Mutations in this gene cause Alexander disease, a rare disorder of astrocytes in the central nervous system. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants encoding distinct isoforms. [provided by RefSeq, Oct 2008].
- UniProt Summary: N/A
CRISPR Data
Essentiality in NALM6
- Essentiality Rank: 5737
- Expression level (log2 read counts): 0.97