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Nomenclature of Serum Proteins

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HISTORICALLY, the first names and definitions of serum proteins were based on their solubilities. The classification established by Tiselius consists of five or six zones of electrophoretic mobility.

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GRABAR, P. Nomenclature of Serum Proteins. Nature 197, 692–693 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/197692a0

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