Abstract
Plasminogen (PLG) is the inactive precursor of plasmin. It is a plasmaprotein of the ß-fraction, the quantity in serum varies from 6–25 mg/dl. PLG has a molecular weight of 91.000 (Summaria et al. 1976), the part of carbohydrate is 1.5 % (Hayes, Castellino 1979).
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Leifheit, HJ., Howe, J., Gathof, A.G. (1988). Agarose Isoelectric Focusing for Classification of Plasminogen - Variants. In: Mayr, W.R. (eds) Advances in Forensic Haemogenetics. Advances in Forensic Haemogenetics, vol 2. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-73330-7_39
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