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What protein is not normal in people with sickle-cell disease?
It is Hemoglobin
What disease arises from an amino acid change in the protein hemoglobin?
Sickle Cell disease A disease that involves misshaped cells that can easily cause blood clots.
People who are heterozygous for sickle cell disease are generally healthy because of what?
People who are heterozygous for sickle cell disease possess one normal hemoglobin gene and one sickle hemoglobin gene, which allows them to produce enough normal red blood cells to prevent symptoms of the disease. This condition, known as sickle cell trait, provides some protection against malaria, as the presence of sickle hemoglobin can interfere with the parasite's life cycle within red blood cells.
What is the normal Hemoglobin level in Sickle Cell disease?
8
What protein does does sickle-cell anemia affect?
Sickle cell disease is an inherited blood disorder that affects red blood cells.
How is sickle-cell disease a representation of codominance?
It's not sickle-cell itself, but rather being a heterozygous carrier of the disease. People with one dominant and one recessive allele for the disease are immune to malaria without the crippling effects of having sickle-cell anemia. I don't think that it can even represent codominance, though.
Can you have a seizure when you have sickle sell anemia?
sicklers are as any normal person so they can get seizure not because sickle cell disease , but because any other disease
What diseases arises from an amino acid change in protein hemoglobin?
sickle cell disease
How many people does sickle cell disease affect?
million people have sickle cell world wide i think
Explain the defect in the protein of Sickle-cell disease?
The defect is that hemoglobin (the protein) elongates. Instead of being circular, it acquires a crescent shape. With this shape, its harder for it to absorb and release oxygen. Also, when the blood cell reaches the capillaries, it can't fit through as well as normal blood cells can, which is why Sickle-Cell is painful.
Individuals heterozygous for sickle-cell anemia appear normal and are resistant to what disease?
malaria
What are the different types of sickle cell disease and how do they differ from each other?
There are several types of sickle cell disease, including sickle cell anemia, sickle beta thalassemia, and sickle cell-hemoglobin C disease. These types differ based on the specific genetic mutations that affect the hemoglobin protein in red blood cells. Sickle cell anemia is the most common and severe form, where individuals have two copies of the sickle cell gene. Sickle beta thalassemia and sickle cell-hemoglobin C disease are milder forms that result from different combinations of genetic mutations. Symptoms and complications can vary among the different types of sickle cell disease.
