globin
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See also: Globin
English
Etymology
Borrowed from German Globin, from Latin globus.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɡləʊ.bɪn/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈɡloʊ.bɪn/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈɡləʉ.bɪn/
- Rhymes: -əʊbɪn
- Hyphenation: glo‧bin
Noun
globin (plural globins)
- (biochemistry) Any globular protein that incorporates a globin fold.
- (biochemistry) One of several polypeptides that are the protein components of haemoglobin or myoglobin.
- 2005, Sharon G. Childs, “Rhabdomyolysis”, in Orthopaedic Nursing, volume 24, number 6, →PMID, page 445:
- 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.
- 2008 February 8, Caihong Qiu, Emmanuel N. Olivier, Michelle Velho, Eric E. Bouhassira, “Globin switches in yolk sac–like primitive and fetal-like definitive red blood cells produced from human embryonic stem cells”, in Blood, volume 111, number 4, :
- Globin switches in yolk sac–like primitive and fetal-like definitive red blood cells produced from human embryonic stem cells [title of article]
- 2008 October 2, Feng Ma et al., “Generation of functional erythrocytes from human embryonic stem cell-derived definitive hematopoiesis”, in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, volume 105, number 35, :
- The results showed that the globin expression in the erythroid cells in individual clones changed in a time-dependent manner.
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