A potential role for water in the modulation of oxygen-binding by tarantula hemocyanin

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 725-734

  Hellmann, N ^a,b   Raithel, K ^a   Decker, H ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Effector; Hemocyanin; Nested MWC model; Osmolyte; Preferential hydration; Tarantula

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE; HEMOCYANIN; HEMOGLOBIN; OXYGEN; SUCROSE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; INCUBATION TIME; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN AFFINITY; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REDUCTION;

ARANEAE; EURYPELMA CALIFORNICUM;

EID: 0242711340     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(03)00241-1     Document Type: Article

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