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Results 1 - 10 of 31 for hemoglobin
  1. HBA1 gene 
    ... a component (subunit) of a larger protein called hemoglobin, which is the protein in red blood cells ... oxygen to cells and tissues throughout the body. Hemoglobin is made up of four subunits: two subunits ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/gene/hba1 - Genetics
  2. HBB gene 
    ... a component (subunit) of a larger protein called hemoglobin, which is located inside red blood cells. In adults, hemoglobin typically consists of four protein subunits: two subunits ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/gene/hbb - Genetics
  3. HBA2 gene 
    ... a component (subunit) of a larger protein called hemoglobin, which is the protein in red blood cells ... oxygen to cells and tissues throughout the body. Hemoglobin is made up of four subunits: two subunits ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/gene/hba2 - Genetics
  4. Sickle cell disease 
    ... disease is a group of disorders that affects hemoglobin, the molecule in red blood cells that delivers ... the body. People with this disease have atypical hemoglobin molecules called hemoglobin S, which can distort red ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/sickle-cell-disease - Genetics
  5. Alpha thalassemia 
    ... a blood disorder that reduces the production of hemoglobin. Hemoglobin is the protein in red blood cells that ... alpha thalassemia, a reduction in the amount of hemoglobin prevents enough oxygen from reaching the body's ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/alpha-thalassemia - Genetics
  6. Beta thalassemia 
    ... a blood disorder that reduces the production of hemoglobin. Hemoglobin is the iron-containing protein in red blood ... In people with beta thalassemia, low levels of hemoglobin reduce oxygen levels in the body. Affected individuals ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/beta-thalassemia - Genetics
  7. Methemoglobinemia, beta-globin type 
    ... blood cells. Specifically, it alters a molecule called hemoglobin within these cells. Hemoglobin within red blood cells attaches (binds) to oxygen ... in tissues throughout the body. Instead of normal hemoglobin, people with methemoglobinemia, beta-globin type have an ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/.../methemoglobinemia-beta-globin-type - Genetics
  8. X-linked sideroblastic anemia 
    ... developing red blood cells (erythroblasts) from making enough hemoglobin, which is the protein that carries oxygen in ... appear pale (hypochromic) because of the shortage of hemoglobin. This disorder also leads to an abnormal accumulation ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/.../condition/x-linked-sideroblastic-anemia - Genetics
  9. CYB5R3 gene 
    ... red blood cells contain molecules of iron-containing hemoglobin, which deliver oxygen to the body's tissues. The iron in hemoglobin is ferrous (Fe2+), but it can spontaneously become ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/gene/cyb5r3 - Genetics
  10. Autosomal recessive congenital methemoglobinemia 
    ... it alters a molecule within these cells called hemoglobin. Hemoglobin carries oxygen to cells and tissues throughout the ... autosomal recessive congenital methemoglobinemia, some of the normal hemoglobin is replaced by an abnormal form called methemoglobin, ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/...al-recessive-congenital-methemoglobinemia - Genetics
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