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WHEN studying specific antigenic properties of sweat proteins using rabbit immune serum against sweat proteins, we have found sweat protein to consist of several components, some of which correspond to serum components whereas the others are most probably of a specific origin1,2. In an attempt to define the serum protein components in sweat, immunoelectrophoresis of normal human serum with rabbit immune serum against sweat proteins was one of the methods used. In these experiments we observed qualitative differences in the immuno-electrophoretic precipitation pattern of a normal serum of adults in comparison with that of foetuses.
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JIRKA, M. An Alpha2-globulin Component Absent in Serum of Human Foetuses. Nature 207, 98–99 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/207098a0
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