beta globulin meaning

Noun: beta globulin

1. A globulin in blood plasma that carries iron
   - transferrin, siderophilin

Derived forms: beta globulins

Type of: globulin

Encyclopedia: Beta globulin

[Medicine]
Serum proteins with an electrophoretic mobility that falls between ALPHA-GLOBULINS and GAMMA-GLOBULINS.n : any of several globulins of plasma or serum that have at alkaline pH electrophoretic mobilities intermediate between those of the alpha globulins and gamma globulins

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Examples

1. The result was a 45 g / l human albumin solution containing small amounts of gamma and beta globulins which was stable between 0 �C and 30 �C for 5 years.