globin
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of globin
1875–80; < Latin glob ( us ) globe, sphere + -in 2
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This is the first time cytoglobin -- or any of the globin proteins like hemoglobin -- has been found to be involved in fetal development and that a paucity could be linked to birth defects.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 15, 2023
Even Linus Pauling, who famously discovered that sickle cell was caused by the substitution of a single amino acid in the globin protein, was part of this dismal history.
From New York Times ● Dec. 28, 2021
Bluebird Bio has a different strategy — using a disabled virus to deliver a copy of a functioning globin gene.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 14, 2021
Hemoglobin arose out of four interlinked globin proteins, each holding a heme, and it rapidly became ubiquitous.
From Scientific American ● May 6, 2019
By a dilute acid haemoglobin is decomposed into globin, and ``haematin,'' a ferri-pyrrol derivative of the probable formula C34H34N4FeO5; under certain conditions the iron-free ``haematoporphyrin'' is obtained.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
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