Identification of rat alpha-albumin and cDNA cloning of its human ortholog.
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Allard D, Gilbert S, Lamontagne A, Hamel D, Belanger L
Identification of rat alpha-albumin and cDNA cloning of its human ortholog.
Gene. 1995 Feb 14;153(2):287-8.
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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.