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beta globulin

[′bād·ə ′gläb·yə·lən]
(biochemistry)
A heterogeneous fraction of serum globulins containing transferrin and various complement components.
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Bullfrog beta globulin (0.72 [+ or -] 0.16 g/dL) was smaller than those reported on toads (0.9-1.3 g/dL, Coppo 2001) and mammals (0.8-1,1 g/dL, Kaneko 1989, and 0.9-1.8 g/dL, Coppo 2001), but it was higher than those found on fowls (0.5-0.7 g/dL, Coppo 2001).
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(33,34) Acute-phase proteins, such as alpha-lipoprotein and haptoglobin, are said to migrate within the alpha-1 and alpha-2 globulin fraction, whereas the acute-phase proteins fibronectin and transferrin migrate through the beta globulin fractions of the EPH.
(36) The avian tuberculin testing study also reported that hemolysis and lipemia might cause artifactual decreases in the albumin:globulin ratio and an increase in the beta globulin fraction.
Selected complete blood cell count and plasma protein electrophoresis parameters in pet psittacine birds evaluated for illness

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