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THE major component of human complement (C′3) is readily seen with agar gel electrophoresis as a narrow zone in the slow β-region. It has been named βIC globulin1, although on a historical as well as on a logical basis the term β2C globulin seems the more appropriate2.
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Müller-Eberhard, H. J., Nilsson, U., and Aronsson, T., J. Exp. Med., 3, 20 (1960).
Wieme, R. J., Agar Gel Electrophoresis (Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1965).
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WIEME, R., DEMEULENAERE, L. Genetically Determined Electrophoretic Variant of the Human Complement Component C′3. Nature 214, 1042–1043 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/2141042a0
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