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... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Blood Proteins > Hemoglobins > Hemoglobin Subunits > beta-Globins
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Preferred term

beta-Globins  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • beta Globin
  • beta-Globin
  • Non alpha Globin Chain, Unspecified
  • Non-alpha Globin Chain, Unspecified

Scope note

  • Members of the beta-globin family. In humans, they are encoded in a gene cluster on CHROMOSOME 11. They include epsilon-globin, gamma-globin, delta-globin and beta-globin. There is also a pseudogene of beta (theta-beta) in the gene cluster. Adult HEMOGLOBIN is comprised of two ALPHA-GLOBIN chains and two beta-globin chains.

History note

  • 2009

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D055544

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