title: Identification of rat alpha-albumin and cDNA cloning of its human ortholog.
abstract: A rat alpha-albumin mRNA encodes an 80-kDa plasma protein (approx. 20 micrograms/ml in adult rat serum). Its 2-kb human ortholog displays extensive ligand-binding core sequence homology, but striking divergence in the C-terminal domain.
authors.affiliation: Le Centre de recherche en cancérologie de l'Université Laval, L'Hôtel-Dieu de Québec, Canada.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Allard
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gilbert
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lamontagne
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hamel
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bélanger
mesh_terms: D000418:Albumins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D015342:DNA Probes; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics; D051381:Rats; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D000418:Albumins; D015342:DNA Probes; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D012333:RNA, Messenger; C023442:alpha-albumin