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alpha-Macroglobulins MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
alpha-Macroglobulins
Tree Number(s)
D12.776.124.050.080
D12.776.124.790.106.100
D12.776.124.790.720.100
D12.776.377.715.085.100
D12.776.377.715.647.100
Unique ID
D000511
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000511
Scope Note
Glycoproteins with a molecular weight of approximately 620,000 to 680,000. Precipitation by electrophoresis is in the alpha region. They include alpha 1-macroglobulins and alpha 2-macroglobulins. These proteins exhibit trypsin-, chymotrypsin-, thrombin-, and plasmin-binding activity and function as hormonal transporters.
Entry Term(s)
45S RNP
Acute-Phase alpha 1-Protein
Slow alpha 2-Globulin
Slow alpha 2-Macroglobulins
alpha 1-Acute Phase Globulin
alpha 1-Acute Phase Protein
alpha 1-Macroglobulin
alpha 2-Acute Phase Globulin
alpha 2-Acute Phase Globulins
alpha-Macrofetoprotein
alpha-Macrofetoproteins
Previous Indexing
alpha Globulins (1974-1975)
Macroglobulins (1973-1975)
Public MeSH Note
96; was ALPHA MACROGLOBULINS 1976-95
Online Note
use ALPHA-MACROGLOBULINS to search ALPHA MACROGLOBULINS 1976-95
History Note
96; was ALPHA MACROGLOBULINS 1976-95
Date Established
1976/01/01
Date of Entry
1975/07/18
Revision Date
2017/06/29
alpha-Macroglobulins Preferred
alpha 1-Acute Phase Globulin Narrower
alpha 1-Macroglobulin Narrower
alpha 1-Acute Phase Protein Narrower
Slow alpha 2-Macroglobulins Narrower
alpha-Macrofetoprotein Narrower
alpha 2-Acute Phase Globulins Narrower
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