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What causes sickle cell anaemia?

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Defective haemoglobin which is product due to replacement of one amino acid ,i.e., glutamic acid glutamic acid by valine.
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  2. Differentiate between Keratin and insulin.

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  3. What causes sickle cell anaemia?

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  13. How many amino acids are present in completely mature insulin?

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