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  • Heme is a big molecule that is part of hemaglobin, the oxygen-carrying part of our red blood cells.

    Science Question from a Toddler: Why is poop brown? Boing Boing 2009

  • Heme is red, and is the reason our blood looks red.

    Science Question from a Toddler: Why is poop brown? Boing Boing 2009

  • Heme oxygenase-1 protein localizes to the nucleus and activates transcription factors important in oxidative stress.

    Recent Neonatal Research Publications 2010

  • Heme, which gives blood its red color, is a small molecule roughly the same size as chloroquine, and about one-thirtieth the size of one of the four protein chains of hemoglobin that sticks to the protein, but heme is not made of amino acids.

    The Edge of Evolution Michael J. Behe 2007

  • Heme, which gives blood its red color, is a small molecule roughly the same size as chloroquine, and about one-thirtieth the size of one of the four protein chains of hemoglobin that sticks to the protein, but heme is not made of amino acids.

    The Edge of Evolution Michael J. Behe 2007

  • Heme, which gives blood its red color, is a small molecule roughly the same size as chloroquine, and about one-thirtieth the size of one of the four protein chains of hemoglobin that sticks to the protein, but heme is not made of amino acids.

    The Edge of Evolution Michael J. Behe 2007

  • Heme, which gives blood its red color, is a small molecule roughly the same size as chloroquine, and about one-thirtieth the size of one of the four protein chains of hemoglobin that sticks to the protein, but heme is not made of amino acids.

    The Edge of Evolution Michael J. Behe 2007

  • An evening spent in Heidelberg Inn is one replete with character study that cannot be excelled anywhere in San Francisco -- and this means that everybody there is worth while as a study, from the little, bald-headed waiter, Heme, and the big, imposing waiter, August, to the "Herr Doctor" who comes to forget the serious surgical case that has been worrying him at the hospital.

    Bohemian San Francisco Its restaurants and their most famous recipes—The elegant art of dining. Clarence E. Edwords

  • The Miller here referred to was then plain Heme Miller, express rider, but now known to fame and the world of letters as "Joaquin" Miller.

    Reminiscences of a Pioneer William Thompson

  • The Miller here referred to was then plain Heme Miller, express rider, but now known to fame and the world of letters as “Joaquin” Miller.

    Reminiscences of a Pioneer Thompson, William, Colonel 1912

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