myoglobin
A small globular protein, containing a heme group, that carries oxygen to muscles.
Related words
- metamyoglobin
- apomyoglobin
- carboxymyoglobin
- deoxymyoglobin
- ferrylmyoglobin
- holomyoglobin
- metmyoglobin
- myoglobinemia
- myoglobinuria
- myohemoglobin
- nitrosylmyoglobin
- oxymyoglobin
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