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Heme

Known as: Haem, ferroheme, Reduced Hematin 
The part of certain molecules that contains iron. The heme part of hemoglobin is the substance inside red blood cells that binds to oxygen in the… 
National Institutes of Health

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Narrower (27)

2,4-dibromodeuteroheme2,4-dimethyldeuteroheme2-formyl-4-vinylhemeFerrihaem
HeminIron Compounds, OrganicProcess of secretionagonists

Broader (2)

Iron Compounds, UnspecifiedMetalloporphyrins

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Review
2004
Review
2004
Research advances in the use of tetrapyrrolic photosensitizers for photodynamic therapy.
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Mammalian microsomal cytochrome P450 monooxygenase: structural adaptations for membrane binding and functional diversity.
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Structure at 2.3 A resolution of the cytochrome bc(1) complex from the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae co-crystallized with an antibody Fv fragment.
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Stabilization of wild-type p53 by hypoxia-inducible factor 1α
Although hypoxia (lack of oxygen in body tissues) is perhaps the most physiological inducer of the wild-type p53 gene, the… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Reactions between nitric oxide and haemoglobin under physiological conditions
The tenet of high-affinity nitric oxide (NO) binding to a haemoglobin (Hb) has shaped our view of haem proteins and of small… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Inhibition by chloroquine of a novel haem polymerase enzyme activity in malaria trophozoites
THE incidence of human malaria has increased during the past 20 years; 270 million people are now estimated to be infected with… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Exposure of endothelial cells to free heme potentiates damage mediated by granulocytes and toxic oxygen species.
Endothelial damage may follow exposure to toxic oxygen species generated by closely apposed ("marginated") granulocytes. Because… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Activation in vitro of NF-κB" by phosphorylation of its inhibitor IκB"
NUCLEAR factor κB" (NF-κB"), which was first detected by its binding to the κB" site in the immunoglobulin κ-gene enhancer1, is… 
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Haemoglobin: the structural changes related to ligand binding and its allosteric mechanism.
Highly Cited
1949
Highly Cited
1949
Hematin compounds and bile pigments
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