αI-spectrin represents evolutionary optimization of spectrin for red blood cell deformability.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2021.07.027
Abstract: Spectrin tetramers of the membranes of enucleated mammalian erythrocytes play a critical role in red blood cell survival in circulation. One of the spectrins, αI, emerged in mammals with enucleated red cells following duplication of… read more here.
Keywords: red blood; affinity; spectrin represents; blood cell ... See more keywords