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Genetics of Albumin Gainesville, a New Variant of Human Serum Albumin

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A “NEW” slow-moving variant of serum albumin has been found in members of a single family of Irish descent from the vicinity of Gainesville, Florida1. We have demonstrated that the electrophoretic mobility of albumin Gainesville is different from the mobilities of previously reported slow-moving albumins2–5, and have provided evidence to support the hypothesis of linkage between the albumin and Gc loci6,7.

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  1. University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, 32601

    THOMAS LAU

  2. University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Hartford, Connecticut, 06112

    F. WILLIAM SUNDERMAN JUN.

  3. The Institute for Cancer Research, Fox Chase, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19111

    SHYAM S. AGARWAL, ALTON I. SUTNICK & BARUCH S. BLUMBERG

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LAU, T., SUNDERMAN, F., AGARWAL, S. et al. Genetics of Albumin Gainesville, a New Variant of Human Serum Albumin. Nature 221, 66–68 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/221066a0

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