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. 1966 Mar 18;151(3716):1406-8.
doi: 10.1126/science.151.3716.1406.

Hemoglobin Sphakiá: a delta-chain variant of hemoglobin A2 from Crete

R T Jones, B Brimhall, E R Huehns, N A Barnicot

Hemoglobin Sphakiá: a delta-chain variant of hemoglobin A2 from Crete

R T Jones et al. Science. .

Abstract

A new variant of the normal minor component Hb A(2) has been detected in a family that lives in Sphakiá, Crete. Chemical studies of this abnormal hemoglobin, designated Hb A(2) delta Sphakiá, indicates a substitution of the histidyl residue number two of the delta-chain by an arginyl residue.

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