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Medical Definition of Alpha-macroglobulins
1. Glycoproteins with a molecular weight of approximately 620,000 to 680,000. Precipitation by electrophoresis is in the alpha region. They include alpha 1-macroglobulins and alpha 2-macroglobulins. These proteins exhibit trypsin-, chymotrypsin-, thrombin-, and plasmin-binding activity and function as hormonal transporters. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Alpha-macroglobulins
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