Blood was collected from a vein under the wing of three pigeons and centrifuged; the serum protein concentration was measured by bicinchoninic acid assay (Pierce Chemicals, Rockford, Ill). Protein ...

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Protein concentration was determined by A 280 using an extinction coefficient of 44,850 or bicinchoninic acid assay using BSA as a standard.