hemoglobin delta chain (delta-globin, HBD)
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Function
- subunit of adult hemoglobin A2 (HbA2)
- HbA2 represents less than 3.5% of adult hemoglobin
Structure
belongs to the globin family
Expression
Pathology
- elevated HbA2 level are characteristic of beta-thalassemia trait
More general terms
Component of
References
- ↑ UniProt http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/P02042.html
- ↑ Entrez Gene http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=gene&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Graphics&list_uids=3045
- ↑ Hbvar; Note: Human hemoglobin variants and thalassemias http://globin.bx.psu.edu/cgi-bin/hbvar/query_vars3?mode=directlink&gene=HBD