The amino acid sequences of two α chains of hemoglobins from Komodo dragon Varanus komodoensis and phylogenetic relationships of amniotes

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1039-1043

  Fushtiani, Kenzo ^a,c   Higashiyama, Kayo ^a   Moriyama, Etsuko N ^a   Imai, Kiyohiro ^b   Hosokawa, Keiichi ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^c KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

amino acid sequence; amniote; hemoglobin; Komodo dragon; phylogenetic analysis; reptile

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN ALPHA CHAIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIRD; EVOLUTION; HEMOGLOBIN ANALYSIS; LIZARD; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; SNAKE;

AMNIOTA; AVES; LIOPHIS MILIARIS; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA; VARANUS KOMODOENSIS;

EID: 0029844788     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025654     Document Type: Article

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