Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction study of hemoglobin D from the aldabra giant tortoise, Geochelone gigantea

Protein and Peptide Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 422-425

  Kuwada, Takao ^a   Hasegawa, Tomokazu ^b   Satoh, Isamu ^a   Ishikawa, Koichi ^c   Shishikura, Fumio ^a,c  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RIGAKU CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Crystallization; Geochelone gigantea; Hemoglobin D; Reptilia; The Aldabra giant tortoise; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN D; HEMOGLOBIN VARIANT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TURTLE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HEMOGLOBINS, ABNORMAL; TURTLES;

ALDABRACHELYS ELEPHANTINA; ANIMALIA; GEOCHELONE; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 0043205826     PISSN: 09298665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/0929866033478799     Document Type: Article

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