title: Comparison of the brain specific protein alpha-albumin and GFA (glial fibrillary acidic protein).
abstract: In this study, the brain specific proteins alpha-albumin and glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFA) are compared by several biochemical and immunological methods. It is concluded that alpha-albumin and GFA are immunologically identical and biochemically narrowly related. The existence of two forms of this protein, a water soluble and a water insoluble, under physiological conditions is discussed by comparing the results of quantitative determinations and histoimmunological localizations.
mesh_terms: D000418:Albumins / Q000032:analysis*; D000818:Animals; D001253:Astrocytes / Q000032:analysis*; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism*; D001923:Brain Chemistry; D000882:Haplorhini; D006801:Humans; D007122:Immunoelectrophoresis; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000032:analysis*; D051381:Rats; D012995:Solubility; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D000418:Albumins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; C023442:alpha-albumin