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Abstract
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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- alpha-Globin
- alpha Globin
- alpha Globins
- alpha 1-globin
- alpha-1 Globin
- alpha-2 Globin
- 1-globin, alpha
- Globin, alpha-1
- Globin, alpha-2
- alpha 1 Globin
- alpha 2 Globin
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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, biosynthesis, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, deficiency, drug effects, economics, genetics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, physiology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, ultrastructure, urine.
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2009
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- Globins (1968-2008)
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- National Library of Medicine. alpha-Globins. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D055542. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D055542
- alpha-Globins. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q76829430