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Oxygen Transport

Hemoglobin

Hemoglobin

Hemoglobin is the iron-containing, oxygen-transport metalloprotein in the red blood cells of all vertebrates.

This is a diagram of the molecular structure of hemoglobin. Hemoglobin is the iron-containing, oxygen-transport metalloprotein in the red blood cells of all vertebrates.

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