THE red-cell sickling tendency of certain persons has long been a matter of great interest. Study of this problem by Pauling and his associates 1 led to the suggestion of a genetic change in ...

Rates of amino acid changes in fibrinopeptides, hemoglobin, and cytochrome c. The three proteins show different rates of changes per unit time. However, for each protein, the rate of changes per unit ...

A hemoglobin electrophoresis test is a blood test used to measure and identify the different types of hemoglobin in your bloodstream. Hemoglobin is the protein inside red blood cells responsible for ...

Globin-gene mutations are a rare but important cause of cyanosis. We identified a missense mutation in the fetal Gγ-globin gene (HBG2) in a father and daughter with transient neonatal cyanosis and ...