A hemoglobin-based blood substitute: Transplanting a novel allosteric effect of crocodile Hb

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 377, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 543-548

  Komiyama, Noboru ^a,b   Tame, Jeremy ^a,c   Nagai, Kiyoshi ^a  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evolution; Hemoglobin; Protein engineering

Indexed keywords

BLOOD SUBSTITUTE; HEMOGLOBIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ALLIGATOR; ALLOSTERISM; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN AFFINITY; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY; SHORT SURVEY;

ALLIGATOR;

EID: 0029845139     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/bchm3.1996.377.9.543     Document Type: Short Survey

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