Chapter-09 Hemoglobin Synthesis
BOOK TITLE: Handbook of Biochemistry (For Allied and Nursing Students)
Author
1. B Shivananda Nayak
ISBN
9788184481150
DOI
10.5005/jp/books/10338_9
Edition
1/e
Publishing Year
2007
Pages
7
Author Affiliations
1.
University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies; Subbaiah Institute of Medical Sciences, Shivamogga, Karnataka, India
Chapter keywords
Hemoglobin,
heme,
porphyrin ring,
metalloprotein,
globin,
fetal hemoglobin,
5-aminolevulic acid,
coproporphyrinogen III,
erythroid cells,
hepatocytes,
biliverdin,
bilirubin,
hemin,
bilirubin encephalopathy,
kernicterus,
jaundice,
Gilbert syndrome,
Crigler-Najjar syndrome,
unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia,
Dubin-Johnson syndrome,
Rotor syndrome,
hemoglobinopathy,
sickle cell hemoglobin (HbS),
thalassemias