Purification, crystallisation and preliminary X-ray study of haemoglobin from Crocodilis palustris and Crocodilis porosus

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Protein Structure and Molecular Enzymology

Volumn 1480, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 384-387

  Deepthi, S ^a   Johnson, A ^a   Sathish, R ^a   Pattabhi, Vasantha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Blood substitute; Crocodile haemoglobin; Haemoglobin; Polymerization of crocodile haemoglobin; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

BLOOD SUBSTITUTE; HEMOGLOBIN; IODOACETAMIDE; N ETHYLMALEIMIDE;

ALLIGATOR; ARTICLE; CRYSTALLIZATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANIMALS; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HEMOGLOBINS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0034647873     PISSN: 01674838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4838(00)00038-8     Document Type: Article

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