"Transcobalamins" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A group of carrier proteins which bind with VITAMIN B12 in the BLOOD and aid in its transport. Transcobalamin I migrates electrophoretically as a beta-globulin, while transcobalamins II and III migrate as alpha-globulins.
| Descriptor ID |
D014155
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.124.790.900 D12.776.157.800 D12.776.377.715.900
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| Concept/Terms |
Transcobalamins- Transcobalamins
- Vitamin B12-Binding Proteins
- Proteins, Vitamin B12-Binding
- Vitamin B12 Binding Proteins
- Cobalamin-Binding Proteins
- Cobalamin Binding Proteins
- Proteins, Cobalamin-Binding
- Vitamin B 12-Binding Proteins
- Vitamin B 12 Binding Proteins
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| 2003 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Transcobalamins" by people in Profiles.
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High prevalence of cobalamin deficiency in Guatemalan schoolchildren: associations with low plasma holotranscobalamin II and elevated serum methylmalonic acid and plasma homocysteine concentrations. Am J Clin Nutr. 2003 Feb; 77(2):433-40.
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Predictors of cobalamin deficiency in Guatemalan school children: diet, Helicobacter pylori, or bacterial overgrowth? J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2003 Jan; 36(1):27-36.