The Purification of Human Prothrombin^[*]

Summary

A method has been presented for the preparation of human prothrombin. The product is apparently homogenous by chromatographic, ultracentrifugal, electrophoretic and immunochemical analysis. It contains less than 1 part in 10⁷ of thrombin and has a specific activity of 1560 u/mg dry weight. Problems related to the variability in specific activity of prothrombin preparations reported in the literature have been critically reviewed.

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