globin

Definitions

1. Any globular protein that incorporates a globin fold.
2. One of several polypeptides that are the protein components of haemoglobin or myoglobin.

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Examples

“Injuries and conditions that cause an acid pH environment cause the globin (protein) molecule to separate⟳ from the ferrihemate (iron-containing) component of the myoglobin molecule.”

“Globin switches in yolk sac–like⟳ primitive and fetal-like definitive red blood cells produced from human embryonic stem cells [title of article]”

“The results showed that the globin expression in the erythroid cells in individual clones changed in a time-dependent manner.”

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