The functioning of the haemocyanin of the terrestrial Christmas Island red crab Gecarcoidea natalis and roles for organic modulators

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 201, Issue 23, 1998, Pages 3233-3244

  Adamczewska, Agnieszka M ^a   Morris, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Christmas Island red crab; Gecarcoidea natalis; Haemocyanin; Modulation; Oxygen transport

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032433757     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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