Chemicals and Drugs

alpha-Globins

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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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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  1. National Library of Medicine. alpha-Globins. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D055542. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D055542
  2. alpha-Globins. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q76829430