Characterization of the hemoglobins of the adult brushtailed possum, Trichosurus vulpecula (Kerr) reveals non-genetic heterogeneity

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 148, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 498-503

  Henty, Kristen ^a   Wells, Rufus M G ^a   Brittain, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Hemoglobin; Marsupial; Oxygen affinity; Possum

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CHLORIDE ION; HEMOGLOBIN; PROTEIN P50;

ARTICLE; BOHR EFFECT; CENTRIFUGATION; CHARACTER; DEAMINATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; MARSUPIAL; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN AFFINITY; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA;

METATHERIA; PHALANGERIDAE; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA;

EID: 34748826812     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2007.06.413     Document Type: Article

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