Anti-AFP/Alpha 1 Fetoprotein Monoclonal Antibody

Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) is a major plasma protein in the fetus, where it is produced by the yolk sac and liver. confirmation of the assignment of the AFP gene to chromosome 4 by in situ hybridization was provided by Harper and Dugaiczyk (1983), who placed the gene in the q11-q22 region, the same region as the albumin gene. Structure and evolution of human alpha-fetoprotein deduced from partial sequence of cloned cDNA.As the major fetal serum protein, Alpha-fetoprotein is not essential for embryonic development but is required for female fertility.

1. D'Eustachio, P.; Ingram, R. S.; Tilghman, S. M.; Ruddle, F. H. : Murine alpha-fetoprotein and albumin: two evolutionarily linked proteins encoded on the same mouse chromosome. Somat. Cell Genet. 7: 289-294, 1981. 2. Beattie, W. G.; Dugaiczyk, A. : Structure and evolution of human alpha-fetoprotein deduced from partial sequence of cloned cDNA. Gene 20: 415-422, 1982. 3. Gabant, P.; Forrester, L.; Nichols, J.; Van Reeth, T.; De Mees, C.; Pajack, B.; Watt, A.; Smitz, J.; Alexandre, H.; Szpirer, C.; Szpirer, J. : Alpha-fetoprotein, the major fetal serum protein, is not essential for embryonic development but is required for female fertility. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 99: 12865-12870, 2002.

Store at -20°C for one year from date of receipt. After reconstitution, at 4°C for one month. It can also be aliquotted and stored frozen at -20°C for six months. Avoid repeated freeze-thaw cycles.