Chemicals and Drugs

Globulins

A group of proteins that are salt-soluble and form a large fraction of BLOOD PROTEINS. There are three types of globulins, ALPHA-GLOBULINS, BETA-GLOBULINS, and GAMMA-GLOBULINS, which are distinguished from one another by their degree of electrophoretic mobility.

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A group of proteins that are salt-soluble and form a large fraction of BLOOD PROTEINS. There are three types of globulins, ALPHA-GLOBULINS, BETA-GLOBULINS, and GAMMA-GLOBULINS, which are distinguished from one another by their degree of electrophoretic mobility.

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  • Globulin

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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, biosynthesis, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, drug effects, economics, genetics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, physiology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, ultrastructure, urine.

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Indexing Annotation

general or unspecified; prefer specifics; permeability globulins: index under SERUM GLOBULINS; EUGLOBULINS, and PSEUDOGLOBULINS are entry terms to SERUM GLOBULINS; do not confuse with GLOBULINS, IMMUNE see IMMUNOGLOBULINS

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Globulins. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D005916. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D005916
  2. Globulins. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globulin
  3. Globulins. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q321710