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... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Blood Proteins > Hemoglobins > Hemoglobin Subunits > alpha-Globins
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alpha-Globins  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • alpha Globin
  • alpha-Globin

Scope note

  • Members of the alpha-globin family. In humans, they are encoded in a gene cluster on CHROMOSOME 16. They include zeta-globin and alpha-globin. There are also pseudogenes of zeta (theta-zeta) and alpha (theta-alpha) in the cluster. Adult HEMOGLOBIN is comprised of 2 alpha-globin chains and 2 beta-globin chains.

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  • 2009

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D055542

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