Fluorescence studies of extracellular hemoglobin of Glossoscolex paulistus in met form obtained from Sephadex gel filtration

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Physiology

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 171-181

  Agustinho, Sylvana C M ^a   Tinto, Maria Helena ^a   Perussi, Janice R ^a   Tabak, Marcel ^a   Imasato, Hidetake ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alkaline dissociation; Electrophoresis; Extracellular methemoglobin; Fluorescence; Gel filtration; Hemichrome; Oligomeric structure; Tryptophan emission

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; METHEMOGLOBIN; OXYHEMOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DISSOCIATION; ELECTROPHORESIS; FLUORESCENCE; GEL FILTRATION; OLIGOMERIZATION; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DENATURATION; WORM;

EID: 0031239592     PISSN: 03009629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9629(96)00448-3     Document Type: Article

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