The transport protein AE1
The transport protein AE1 makes up a quarter of the surface of these cells, which may contain nuclear remnants called Howell-Jolly bodies. These cells develop in reticulocytes. The spleen sequesters these cells, whose production is stimulated by EPO in bone marrow. Vertebrate examples of these cells lack a nucleus. They are normally shaped like biconcave disks, but they are deformed in people with sickle-cell anemia. For 10 points each, name these cells that carry hemoglobin and transport oxygen.
The transport protein AE1 makes up a quarter of the surface of these cells, which may contain nuclear remnants called Howell-Jolly bodies.
red blood cells/corpuscles [or erythrocytes; or RBCs; prompt on blood cells]