alpha-Globins

Synonyms

1-globin, alpha

Globin, alpha-1

Globin, alpha-2

alpha 1 Globin

alpha 1-globin

alpha 2 Globin

alpha Globin

alpha Globins

alpha-1 Globin

alpha-2 Globin

alpha-Globin

Members of the alpha-globin family. In humans, they are encoded in a gene cluster on CHROMOSOME 16. They include zeta-globin and alpha-globin. There are also pseudogenes of zeta (theta-zeta) and alpha (theta-alpha) in the cluster. Adult HEMOGLOBIN is comprised of 2 alpha-globin chains and 2 beta-globin chains.