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Albumin labelled with Iodine-131 in an Analbuminæmic Subject

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THE behaviour of plasma proteins labelled with iodine-131 in the circulation of animals has been shown1–3 to correspond with that of the same proteins biosynthetically labelled with carbon-14, supporting the view that the iodine label, if properly applied, may be a reliable indicator of the behaviour of unlabelled molecules.

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FREEMAN, T., MATTHEWS, C., McFARLANE, A. et al. Albumin labelled with Iodine-131 in an Analbuminæmic Subject. Nature 183, 606 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/183606a0

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