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GENETICALLY controlled variations in the β-globulins of normal human and cattle sera have recently been demonstrated by starch-gel electrophoresis1–6. Evidence has been presented7 suggesting that the variable β-globulins in man are iron-binding serum proteins (transferrins). We have confirmed this directly by demonstrating with autoradiographs that iron-59 is bound specifically to the variable β-globulins in human sera, and also in cattle sera. The variable serum β-globulins in man and cattle are thus transferrins.
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GIBLETT, E., HICKMAN, C. & SMITHIES, O. Serum Transferrins. Nature 183, 1589–1590 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/1831589a0
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