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Analysis of the affinity of each haptoglobin polymer for hemoglobin by two-dimensional affinity electrophoresis

T Okazaki1, Y Yanagisawa, T Nagai

  • 1Department of Forensic Science, School of Allied Health Science, Kitasato University, Sagamihara City, Japan.

Using polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis we have often encountered a decrease in the high molecular weight polymers of haptoglobin 2-1 in the serum of patients after transfusion and with hemolytic diseases. Using two-dimensional affinity electrophoresis we have attributed this phenomenon to the high affinity of high molecular weight polymers of the haptoglobin 2-1 for hemoglobin.

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