Encyclopedia of Cancer

2009 Edition
| Editors: Manfred Schwab

γ Globulins

Reference work entry
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-47648-1_2426

Definition

Plasma proteins can be separated on the basis of electrophoretic mobility into albumin and the α, β, and γ globulins. Most antibodies migrate in electrophoresis as γ globulins (or gamma globulins), and patients who lack antibodies are said to have  agammaglobulinemia.

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