glial fibrillary acidic protein

glial fibrillary acidic protein
(GFAP) the protein forming the glial filaments of the astrocytes; it is used as an immunohistochemical marker of these cells. It also occurs in radial glia and occasionally in peripheral neuroglia.

Glial fibrillary acidic protein in malignant astrocytoma.


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