Serum proteins

How does it work?• Blood must first be collected, usually into an airtight vialor syringe.• Electrophoresis is a laboratory technique where theblood serum is placed on special paper• The paper is exposed to an electric current to separatethe serum protein components into five classifications bysize and electrical charge, those being serum albumin,alpha-1-globulins, alpha-2-globulins, beta globulins, andgamma globulins.