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globin

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Latin globus
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos
Proto-Italic *-īnos
Latin -īnusder.
German -in
German Globinbor.
English globin

    Borrowed from German Globin, from Latin globus.

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    globin (plural globins)

    1. (biochemistry) Any globular protein that incorporates a globin fold.
    2. (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, →DOI:
        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, →DOI:
        The results showed that the globin expression in the erythroid cells in individual clones changed in a time-dependent manner.

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    Not to be confused with globulin.

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