Oxygen binding and its allosteric control in hemoglobin of the pulmonate snail, Biomphalaria glabrata

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 276, Issue 2 45-2, 1999, Pages

  Bugge, Jon ^a   Weber, Roy E ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bohr effect; Cation effects; Cooperativity; Mollusks; Oxygen transport

Indexed keywords

ALLOSTERISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD OXYGENATION; BOHR EFFECT; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN AFFINITY; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SNAIL;

EID: 0032981390     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1999.276.2.r347     Document Type: Article

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