Do the hemoglobinless icefishes have globin genes?

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Physiology

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1027-1030

  Cocca, Ennio ^a   Ratnayake Lecamwasam, Manoja ^b   Parker, Sandra K ^b   Camardella, Laura ^a   Ciaramella, Maria ^a   Di Prisco, Guido ^a   Detrich III, H William ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Globin gene deletion or divergence; Antarctic fish; Channichthyidae; Cold adaptation; Globin genes; Hemoglobin; Icefish; Molecular evolution; Notothenioidei

Indexed keywords

GLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

ANTARCTICA; COLD TOLERANCE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FISH; GENE DELETION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEMATOPOIESIS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031415275     PISSN: 03009629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9629(97)00010-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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