Amino acid sequences of hemoglobin β chains of five species of pinnipeds: Neophoca cinerea, Otaria byronia, Eumetopias jubatus, Pusa hispida, and Pagophilus groenlandica

Journal of Protein Chemistry

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 659-665

  Ikehara, Tsuyoshi ^a   Eguchi, Yukinori ^a   Kayo, Susumu ^a   Takei, Hiroshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

chain; amino acid sequence; Carnivora; hemoglobin; pinnipeds

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN BETA CHAIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARNIVORA; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SEAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HEMOGLOBINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PINNIPEDIA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ARTIODACTYLA; CANIDAE; CARNIVORA; EUMETOPIAS JUBATUS; FELIDAE; MUSTELIDAE; NEOPHOCA CINEREA; ODOBENIDAE; OTARIA BYRONIA; OTARIIDAE; PAGOPHILUS; PAGOPHILUS GROENLANDICA; PANTHERA LEO; PHOCA GROENLANDICA; PHOCA HISPIDA; PHOCIDAE; PINNIPEDIA; PUSA; SUS SCROFA; URSIDAE;

EID: 0030478168     PISSN: 02778033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01886748     Document Type: Article

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