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Preferred term

alpha-Macroglobulins  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Glycoproteins with a molecular weight of approximately 620,000 to 680,000. Precipitation by electrophoresis is in the alpha region. They include alpha 1-macroglobulins and alpha 2-macroglobulins. These proteins exhibit trypsin-, chymotrypsin-, thrombin-, and plasmin-binding activity and function as hormonal transporters.

Entry terms

  • 45S RNP
  • alpha-Macrofetoproteins

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-QXR112BW-4

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