Alpha-fetoprotein structure and function: relevance to isoforms, epitopes, and conformational variants.

doi:10.1177/153537020122600503

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Alpha-fetoprotein structure and function: relevance to isoforms, epitopes, and conformational variants.

Experimental biology and medicine (Maywood, N.J.) - 1 May 2001

Mizejewski G J

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Mammalian alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) is classified as a member of the albuminoid gene superfamily consisting of albumin, AFP, vitamin D (Gc) protein, and alpha-albumin. Molecular variants of AFP have long been reported in the biomedical literature. Early studies identified isoelectric pH isoforms and lectin-binding variants of AFP, which differed in their physicochemical properties, but not in amino acid...

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Amino Acid Sequence
Animals
Antigenic Variation
Carbohydrates
Cell Adhesion
Cell Adhesion Molecules
Epitope Mapping
Epitopes
Female
Gene Expression Regulation
Genetic Diseases, Inborn
Genetic Variation
Growth Substances
Humans
Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
Immune Tolerance
Maternal-Fetal Exchange
Molecular Chaperones

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PMID: 11393167
DOI: 10.1177/153537020122600503

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