Globin

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Contents 1 Used for 2 Broader Terms 3 Narrower Terms 4 Related Terms 5 Scope Note 6 Facts (generated by robot; please edit if you find it inaccurate)

Used for

beta globin, gamma globin

Broader Terms

protein

Narrower Terms

haptoglobin, hemoglobin, myoglobin

Related Terms

hemoprotein structure

Scope Note

protein constituent of hemoglobin; also used for any member of a group of proteins similar to the typical globin; do not confuse with GLOBULIN.

Facts (generated by robot; please edit if you find it inaccurate)

• Figure 8 NF-E2 binds in a bimodal fashion priming the -globin cluster in multipotent progenitors and increasing again when globin is expressed.
• Rabbit beta-globin is extended beyond its UGA stop codon by multiple suppressions and translational reading gaps.
• The gene for theta-globin is transcribed in human fetal erythroid tissues.
• Hemoglobin is made of two different kinds of protein chains, called alpha and beta globins.
• Beta globin is needed to make hemoglobin the molecule used to deliver oxygen to every cell in your body.

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