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Clin Chim Acta
; 158(1): 71-9, 1986 Jul 15.
Artículo
en Inglés
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-3742817
RESUMEN
Delipidation of liver homogenates, using an organic solvent system which does not denature proteins, increases measurable ferritin by 25-33%, compared to ferritin concentrations by standard heat supernatant assays. When applied to polyacrylamide gradient gels, lipid-associated ferritin does not enter the gel but after delipidation, this ferritin co-migrates with cytosolic ferritin and with purified liver ferritin. The biological significance of the association of ferritin with lipid has yet to be examined.