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The location of structural difference between ovotransferrin types A and B in hens
Author(s) -
Rashid A. M.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
animal blood groups and biochemical genetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.756
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1365-2052
pISSN - 0003-3480
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2052.1981.tb01557.x
Subject(s) - ovotransferrin , starch , electrophoresis , significant difference , chemistry , gel electrophoresis , biology , biochemistry , food science , transferrin , statistics , mathematics
Summary A comparison of ovotransferrin types A and B showed that in starch gel electrophoresis both types consisted of one major and one minor component. Both types have a similar amino acid composition as do the fragments from each type. Starch gel electrophoresis shows that the cause of the difference in the elec‐trophoretic mobilities between ovotransferrin types A and B lies in the C‐termi‐nal half of the molecule. No physiological difference was found between types A and B, both types donate iron to chicken embryo red cells at equal rate.