Article
Identification of a 130-kDa albumin in tuatara (Sphenodon) and detection of a novel albumin polymorphism.
Biochemical genetics - 1 Jun 1995
Brown M A, Carne A, Daugherty C H, Chambers G K
Abstract excerpt
Electrophoretic, immunochemical, and protein sequence analyses were performed on plasma albumin of the tuatara (Sphenodon), a rare reptile endemic to New Zealand. The analyses revealed that, unlike other terrestrial vertebrates, tuatara do not seem to possess a 60- to 75-kDa plasma albumin. The common form of plasma albumin in this genus has an apparent molecular mass of 130 kDa, making it by far the largest...
Topics
- Alleles
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Blood Protein Electrophoresis
- Female
- Genetics, Population
- Genotype
- Humans
- Male
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Molecular Weight
- Phenotype