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A Review of Feline Serum Protein Electrophoresis
Author(s) -
Baker Rebecca J.,
Valli Victor E.O.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
veterinary clinical pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.537
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1939-165X
pISSN - 0275-6382
DOI - 10.1111/j.1939-165x.1986.tb00653.x
Subject(s) - haptoglobin , serum protein electrophoresis , albumin , electrophoresis , blood proteins , gamma globulin , gel electrophoresis of proteins , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , immunology , polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis , biochemistry , antibody , enzyme , monoclonal antibody , monoclonal
Summary A review of the current literature available on feline serum proteins is presented. Early studies concentrated on comparative aspects of species variations in the electro‐phoretic pattern. The feline electrophoreto‐gram was divided into five basic regions: albumin, alpha‐1, alpha‐2, beta and gamma. Different subdivisions of these areas were recognized depending on the support medium used. Current papers have compared the relative migration distances of each globulin peak to the migration of albumin. This “Rf” value enables reliable peak identification. To date, no data exists identifying the individual proteins responsible for the peaks in the alpha and beta regions. The only feline globulin to be studied is haptoglobin; however its precise location on the electrophoretic strip was not identified.