beta-Globins
Synonyms
Non alpha Globin Chain, Unspecified
Non-alpha Globin Chain, Unspecified
beta Globin
beta Globins
beta-Globin
Members of the beta-globin family. In humans, they are encoded in a gene cluster on CHROMOSOME 11. They include epsilon-globin, gamma-globin, delta-globin and beta-globin. There is also a pseudogene of beta (theta-beta) in the gene cluster. Adult HEMOGLOBIN is comprised of two ALPHA-GLOBIN chains and two beta-globin chains.