A comparative study on earthworm hemoglobins: An amino acid sequence comparison of monomer globin chains of two species, Pontodrilus matsushimensis and Pheretima communissima that belong to the family megascolecidae

Zoological Science

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 849-856

  Shishikura, Fumio ^a   Nakamura, Masako ^b  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CHUO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ANNELIDA; LUMBRICUS TERRESTRIS; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); PHERETIMA; PHERETIMA HILGENDORFI; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI; POLYCHAETA; PONTODRILUS; TUBIFEX TUBIFEX; TYLORRHYNCHUS HETEROCHAETUS;

EID: 0030431813     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.13.849     Document Type: Review

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