The role of linkers in the reassembly of the 3.6 MDa hexagonal bilayer hemoglobin from Lumbricus terrestris

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 289, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1361-1374

  Kuchumov, Askar R ^a   Taveau, Jean Christophe ^b   Lamy, Jean N ^b   Wall, Joseph S ^c   Weber, Roy E ^d   Vinogradov, Serge N ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^c BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Dodecamer subunits; Hemoglobin; Hexagonal bilayer; Kinetics of reassembly; Lumbricus terrestris

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; GLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; BILAYER MEMBRANE; EARTHWORM; GEL FILTRATION; KINETICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN AFFINITY; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

LUMBRICUS TERRESTRIS; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI;

EID: 0033603386     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.2825     Document Type: Article

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