Allard D, Gilbert S, Lamontagne A, Hamel D, Bélanger L
Le Centre de recherche en cancérologie de l'Université Laval, L'Hôtel-Dieu de Québec, Canada.
Gene. 1995 Feb 14;153(2):287-8. doi: 10.1016/0378-1119(94)00745-e.
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.