Barbary sheep (Ammotragus lervia): The structure of the adult β-globin gene and the functional properties of its hemoglobin

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 214-219

  Manca, Laura ^a   Pirastru, Monica ^a   Mereu, Paolo ^a   Multineddu, Chiara ^a   Olianas, Alessandra ^b   el Sherbini, El Said ^c   Franceschi, Paul ^d   Pellegrini, Mariagiuseppina ^b   Masala, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^c MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE CORSE   (France)

Author keywords

Adult globin gene; Ammotragus lervia; Barbary sheep; Hb; Oxygen binding; Phylogeny; Sequencing; globin

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BETA GLOBIN; CHLORIDE; HEMOGLOBIN A; NORLEUCINE; OXYGEN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; BOVIDS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GOAT; HAPLOTYPE; HEMOGLOBIN ANALYSIS; MAMMALIAN GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXYGEN AFFINITY; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SHEEP; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STOP CODON;

AMMOTRAGUS; AMMOTRAGUS LERVIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; OPHION; OVIS ARIES; OVIS ARIES MUSIMON;

EID: 33748885807     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2006.07.010     Document Type: Article

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