e/Human β-globin locus

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has glosseng: The human β-globin locus is composed of five genes located on a short region of chromosome 11, responsible for the creation of the beta parts (roughly half) of the oxygen transport protein Hemoglobin. This locus contains not only the beta globin gene but also delta, gamma-A, gamma-G , and epsilon globin. Expression of all of these genes is controlled by single locus control region (LCR), and the genes are differentially expressed throughout development.
lexicalizationeng: Human b-globin locus
lexicalizationeng: Human β-globin locus
instance of(noun) a threadlike strand of DNA in the cell nucleus that carries the genes in a linear order; "humans have 22 chromosome pairs plus two sex chromosomes"
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