Comparison of the brain specific protein alpha-albumin and GFA (glial fibrillary acidic protein)
Gheuens, J.; Karcher, D.; Noppe, M.; Lowenthal, A.
Acta Neurologica Belgica 79(4): 314-321
1979
ISSN/ISBN: 0300-9009 PMID: 549441 Document Number: 153323
In this study, the brain specific proteins alpha-albumin and glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFA) are compared by several biochemical and immunological methods. It is concluded that alpha-albumin and GFA are immunologically identical and biochemically narrowly related. The existence of two forms of this protein, a water soluble and a water insoluble, under physiological conditions is discussed by comparing the results of quantitative determinations and histoimmunological localizations.