AFP peptide

• Post Date:

  Apr 08,2017

• Expiry Date:

  Apr 08,2018

• Detailed Description:

  This gene encodes alpha-fetoprotein, a major plasma protein produced by the yolk sac and the liver during fetal life. Alpha-fetoprotein expression in adults is often associated with hepatoma or teratoma. However, hereditary persistance of alpha-fetoprotein may also be found in individuals with no obvious pathology. The protein is thought to be the fetal counterpart of serum albumin, and the alpha-fetoprotein and albumin genes are present in tandem in the same transcriptional orientation on chromosome 4. Alpha-fetoprotein is found in monomeric as well as dimeric and trimeric forms, and binds copper, nickel, fatty acids and bilirubin. The level of alpha-fetoprotein in amniotic fluid is used to measure renal loss of protein to screen for spina bifida and anencephaly. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008] http://www.creative-diagnostics.com/alpha-1-Fetoprotein-peptide-176541-427.htm
  

• Company:

  Creative Diagnostics     [ United States ]        

• Contact:

  Emily Dean

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  1-631-619-7922

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  contact@creative-diagnostics.com