Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.4.0)
Enables oxygen binding activity. Acts upstream of or within erythrocyte development; positive regulation of myeloid cell differentiation; and regulation of erythrocyte differentiation. Part of hemoglobin complex. Is expressed in several structures, including blood; blood vessel; brain; liver; and yolk sac. Used to study beta thalassemia. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in several diseases, including acute chest syndrome; congenital hemolytic anemia (multiple); polycythemia (multiple); sickle cell disease (multiple); and thalassemia (multiple). Orthologous to human HBB (hemoglobin subunit beta) and HBD (hemoglobin subunit delta).
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