Novel mechanism for high-altitude adaptation in hemoglobin of the Andean frog Telmatobius peruvianus

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 283, Issue 5 52-5, 2002, Pages

  Weber, Roy E ^a   Ostojic, Hrvoj ^b   Fago, Angela ^a   Dewilde, Sylvia ^c   Van Hauwaert, Marie Louise ^c   Moens, Luc ^c   Monge, Carlos ^d  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b Clinicum Laboratorio Automatizado   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Chloride binding; Hypoxia; Organic phosphates; Oxygen transport

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADAPTATION; ALLOSTERISM; ALTITUDE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FROG; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN AFFINITY; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0036839292     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00292.2002     Document Type: Article

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