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Agarose Gel Electrophoretic Separation of Blood Serum Proteins in Cattle

Agarosgelelektrofores au blodserumproteiner hos nötkreatur

Abstract

The agarose gel electrophoresis described by Johansson (1972) was modified so that a buffer of pH 7.9 was used in the gel, whereas the buffer in the electrode vessels had a pH of 8.6.

The cattle blood serum protein picture is described in detail. The β1-globulin zone shows a very distinct picture of the genetically polymorphic bovine transferrins. The region between the α- and β-globulins shows a number of faint and often very distinct bands. A faint background staining over the whole electrophoretogram may partly be caused by a rather strong lipoprotein in the α1-region, lipids thus having migrated all over the electrophoretogram.

The modified method described is well suited as a “screen electrophoresis” for cattle serum and is also useful e.g. in studying bovine transferrin polymorphism.

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Den agarosgelelektrofores som beskrivits av Johansson (1972) har modifierais så att buffert med pH 7,9 användes i gelet, medan bufferten i elektrodkärlen är av pH 8,6. Med denna och några andra, smärre modifikationer har metoden blivit lämplig för “screen”-elektroforetiska undersökningar av blod från nötkreatur.

Den serumproteinbild som erhålles hos nötkreatur med denna metod beskrivs i detalj. β1-globulin-zonen uppvisar en mycket distinkt bild av transferrinpolymorfismen hos nötkreatur. Området mellan α- och β-globulin visar ett antal svaga men ofta mycket distinkta proteinband. En svag bakgrundsfärgning över hela elektroforetogrammet kan möjligen till viss del orsakas av ett ganska starkt α1-lipoprotein, där sälunda lipoider migrerat hela vägen över elektroforetogrammet.

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The investigations were supported by the Swedish Council for Forestry and Agricultural Research.

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Carlström, G., Liberg, P. Agarose Gel Electrophoretic Separation of Blood Serum Proteins in Cattle. Acta Vet Scand 16, 520–524 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1186/BF03546645

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