Self-association, cooperativity and supercooperativity of oxygen binding by hemoglobins

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 201, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1073-1084

  Riggs, Austen F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooperativity; Dimer; Hemoglobin; Invertebrate; Oxygen binding; Self association; Supercooperativity; Te tramer; Vertebrate

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; OXYGEN;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BLOOD; FISH; INVERTEBRATE; MAMMAL; METABOLISM; PROTEIN BINDING; REPTILE;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; FISHES; HEMOGLOBINS; INVERTEBRATES; MAMMALS; OXYGEN; PROTEIN BINDING; REPTILES;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANISOPS; ANNELIDA; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CEREBRATULUS; CEREBRATULUS LACTEUS; CHORDATA; COLEOPTERA; ECHINODERMATA; GASTROPODA; HYGROBIIDAE; ILEX COOKII; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; MOLLUSCA; NEMERTEAN; PHORONIFORMEA; POLYPLACOPHORA; REPTILIA; SCAPHARCA INAEQUIVALVIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032052760     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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