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alpha-Globins

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Definition: 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.     
Examples zeta-Globins 		Other names alpha Globins; alpha Globin; alpha 2 Globin; alpha 1 Globin; Globin, alpha-2; Globin, alpha-1; 1-globin, alpha; alpha-2 Globin; alpha-1 Globin; alpha 1-globin; alpha-Globin

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