Chemistry 12th Edition

Published by McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN 10: 0078021510
ISBN 13: 978-0-07802-151-0

Chapter 25 - Synthetic and Natural Organic Polymers - Questions & Problems - Page 1078: 25.18

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It is called a molecular disease because of formation of abnormal haemoglobin Hb-s due to defective gene Hos. Hb-S differs from normal HB-A in only one amino acid (6th amino acid in `beta` chain) where glutamic acid is replaced by valine due to substitution (Transversion)

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