alpha globulin meaning

Noun: alpha globulin

1. A globulin in blood plasma or serum that is alkaline and has great electrophoretic mobility

Derived forms: alpha globulins

Type of: globulin

Encyclopedia: Alpha globulin

[Medicine]
Serum proteins that have the most rapid migration during ELECTROPHORESIS. This subgroup of globulins is divided into faster and slower alpha(1)- and alpha(2)-globulins.n : any of several globulins of plasma or serum that have at alkaline pH the greatest electrophoretic mobility next to albumin —compare BETA GLOBULIN, GAMMA GLOBULIN

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