Asymmetric hemoglobins, their thiol content, and blood glutathione of the scalloped hammerhead shark, Sphyrna lewini

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 323-331

  Dafré, Alcir Luiz ^a,b   Reischl, Evaldo ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

glutathione; hemoglobin asymmetry; hemoglobin subunit; shark hemoglobin; thiol; thiolation

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE; HEMOGLOBIN; METHEMOGLOBIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SHARK;

EID: 0030921939     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0491(96)00215-5     Document Type: Article

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