The haemoglobin system of the mudfish, Labeo capensis: Adaptations to temperature and hypoxia

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 735-742

  Frey, Barry J ^a   Weber, Roy E ^b   Van Aardt, Willie J ^c   Fago, Angela ^b  

^a CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bohr effect; Haemoglobin; Hypoxia; Organophosphates; Oxygen binding; Teleost fish; Temperature acclimation

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; HEMOGLOBIN; ORGANOPHOSPHATE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; FISH; HEMATOCRIT; HYPOXIA; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN AFFINITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE;

ANGUILLIFORMES; LABEO CAPENSIS; PHRACTOLAEMUS GABONENSIS; SALMONIDAE; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 0032445353     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0491(98)10071-8     Document Type: Article

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