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primitive red blood cell

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A large nucleated basophilic erythrocyte found in mammalian embryos. This cell type arises from the blood islands of yolk sacs and expresses different types of hemoglobins (beta-H1, gamma-1 and zeta) than adult erythrocytes. Considered a type of erythroblast as this cell type can enucleate in circulation. [ http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MOH.0b013e3282f97ae1 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11495698 ]

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primitive red blood cell

Synonyms
  • primitive erythroblast
  • primitive erythrocyte
  • primitive erythroid cell
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tmeehan

creation date

2010-09-22T09:27:05Z