globin

noun

glo·bin ˈglō-bən

: a colorless protein obtained by removal of heme from a conjugated protein and especially hemoglobin

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Once there, scientists will treat the cells with Bluebird’s gene therapy, made from a lentivirus that shuttles the beta-globin gene into the cells.

Ryan Cross, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Aug. 2022 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.

Gina Kolata, New York Times, 28 Dec. 2021 Four globin units, two alpha and two beta, make up hemoglobin, the oxygen-carrying component of red blood cells.

Nicholas Wade, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2020 Compounding the problem is that hemoglobin, when unprotected in blood plasma, decomposes into its component globin subunits.

Quanta Magazine, 22 Apr. 2019 Once the stem cells were collected, they were sent to a lab where they were transduced with LentiGlobin, which inserted that healthy beta-globin gene.

Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 18 Apr. 2018

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