Various sources of albumin, including human (Alb1, Sigma #A3782) and bovine albumin (Alb2, Sigma #A8806 and Alb3, #A6003), were used.
Phylogenetic analysis nests the Cuscuta sequences well within Leguminosae, but on an independent branch from the broomrape sequences (Additional file 8: Figure S6), suggesting that these transcripts in Cuscuta represent a different HGT event into Cuscuta from a lineage of papilionoid legumes that was different from the source of the broomrape albumin 1 xenogene.
Here, we investigated the possibility to cryopreserve MHC multimers from different sources by the use of albumin and glycerol as cryoprotectors.
We hold with the established view that increased transglomerular passage of albumin is the major source of microalbuminuria [ 5].
Methylglyoxal-modified albumin, as the source of AGEs examined in this study, was prepared as described [ 17].
Consequently, hemoglobin and other host proteins that scavenge hemoglobin or heme from blood plasma, such as hemopexin, haptoglobin, and serum albumin, are a source of iron for pathogenic bacteria.
The seeds of several Euphorbiaceae are known to be a rich source of powerful allergens of the 2 S albumin family, rendering the cultivation, handling and consumption of seeds a serious health hazard.
Moreover, albumin is the major extracellular source of reduced sulfhydryl groups (thiols), which are avid scavengers of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species; in this way albumin influences the redox balance [ 30, 31].
Such albumin losses can, however, easily be replaced by infusion of albumin solutions.
