Purification of erythropoietin.
Erythropoietin, the hormone that is the primary regulator of erythrocyte production, has been purified from anemic-sheep plasma, with a purification factor of more than 1 million. Gel electrophoresis shows that the major contaminant is desialated erythropoietin.
D000818:Animals; D004586:Electrophoresis; D004921:Erythropoietin / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012756:Sheep
D004921:Erythropoietin