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Title: The red blood cells of people with sickle cell anemia have abnormal shapes due to ____.
Post by: Goodtomyself on Feb 12, 2018
The red blood cells of people with sickle cell anemia have abnormal shapes due to ____.
 
  a. hemoglobin molecules with mutant beta globin subunits sticking together and forming long fibers in the cytoplasm
   b. destruction of the hemoglobin molecules
  c. loss of hemoglobin through leaky cell membranes
  d. the attachment of phosphate groups to the hemoglobin molecules
 
   e. the binding of methyl groups to the heme group of the hemoglobin molecule causing desiccation of the cells


Title: The red blood cells of people with sickle cell anemia have abnormal shapes due to ____.
Post by: scott123 on Feb 12, 2018
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