Term: erythroid progenitor cell hemoglobin complex
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Name: erythroid progenitor cell
Synonyms: BFU-E, blast forming unit erythroid, burst forming unit erythroid, CFU-E, colony forming unit erythroid, erythroid stem cell
Definition: A progenitor cell committed to the erythroid lineage.
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0009015]
Name: hemoglobin complex
Synonyms: haemoglobin complex
Definition: An iron-containing, oxygen carrying complex. In vertebrates it is made up of two pairs of associated globin polypeptide chains, each chain carrying a noncovalently bound heme prosthetic group.
Ontology: GO: Cellular Component [GO:0005833]    QuickGO    AmiGO