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The main physiological function of hemoglobin is to pick up molecular oxygen in the lungs, transport it to the tissues and deposit it there. On the face of it, this is not especially remarkable; it is only when the process is examined in some detail that a number of unusual features emerge.
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Weissbluth, M. (1973). Structural Characteristics and Electronic States of Hemoglobin. In: Herman, F., McLean, A.D., Nesbet, R.K. (eds) Computational Methods for Large Molecules and Localized States in Solids. The IBM Research Symposia Series. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-2013-5_8
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