THE LIVER PROTEINS
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Excerpt
Investigations on the proteins of liver fall into three principal categories: those concerned with the isolation and characterization of liver enzymes; those devoted to the fractionation of liver homogenates or the formed structural elements of the organ; and those concerned with problems of function in which attempts are made to determine quantitatively the changes in various protein fractions under different stimuli or stresses imposed upon the organ. This paper will be restricted in many respects but principally so by exclusion of almost all work on the liver enzymes except insofar as the studies are very relevant to the remaining subjects under discussion.
Introduction
To the protein chemist, the liver and indeed other solid organs and tissues, present formidable barriers. The separation of the formed elements from liver requires a number of manipulations which are unnecessary with blood. In fact the liver is a highly organized structure, consisting of cells which...
