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... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Blood Proteins > Hemoglobins > Hemoglobin Subunits > beta-Globins > epsilon-Globins
... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Hemeproteins > Globins > Hemoglobins > Hemoglobin Subunits > beta-Globins > epsilon-Globins

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epsilon-Globins  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • epsilon Globin
  • epsilon-Globin

Scope note

  • A member of the beta-globin family. In humans, epsilon-globin is encoded in the beta-globin gene cluster located on CHROMOSOME 11. Two epsilon-globin chains combine with two ZETA-GLOBIN chains to form the embryonic hemoglobin Gower I or two epsilon-globin chains combine with two ALPHA-2 GLOBIN chains to form the embryonic hemoglobin Gower II.

History note

  • 2009

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D055547

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