Abstract
A rat alpha-albumin mRNA encodes an 80-kDa plasma protein (approx. 20 micrograms/ml in adult rat serum). Its 2-kb human ortholog displays extensive ligand-binding core sequence homology, but striking divergence in the C-terminal domain.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Albumins / chemistry*
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Albumins / genetics*
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Amino Acid Sequence
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Animals
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Cloning, Molecular
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DNA Probes
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DNA, Complementary / genetics*
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Humans
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Molecular Sequence Data
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RNA, Messenger / genetics
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Rats
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Sequence Alignment
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Sequence Analysis, DNA
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Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
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Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
Substances
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Albumins
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DNA Probes
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DNA, Complementary
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RNA, Messenger
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alpha-albumin
Associated data
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GENBANK/L35486
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GENBANK/L35497
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GENBANK/L35498