Sulphide-binding processes of Riftia pachyptila haemoglobins

Cahiers de Biologie Marine

Volumn 39, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 327-328

  Zal, Franck ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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