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Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Blood Proteins > Hemoglobins
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Hemeproteins > Globins > Hemoglobins

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Hemoglobins  

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  • Hemoglobin

Note

  • general or unspecified; prefer specifics; MEAN CELL HEMOGLOBIN CONCENTRATION see = ERYTHROCYTE INDICES is available; Bohr effect is indexed OXYHEMOGLOBINS / metab (IM) + PH (NIM)

Scope note

  • The oxygen-carrying proteins of ERYTHROCYTES. They are found in all vertebrates and some invertebrates. The number of globin subunits in the hemoglobin quaternary structure differs between species. Structures range from monomeric to a variety of multimeric arrangements.

History note

  • 75; was HEMOGLOBIN 1963-74

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