Structural characterization of ferric hemoglobins from three Antarctic fish species of the suborder notothenioidei

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 93, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2822-2829

  Vergara, Alessandro ^a,b   Franzese, Marisa ^a   Merlino, Antonello ^a   Vitagliano, Luigi ^b   Verde, Cinzia ^c   Di Prisco, Guido ^c   Lee, H Caroline ^d   Peisach, Jack ^d   Mazzarella, Lelio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE OF PROTEIN BIOCHEMISTRY   (Italy)

^d ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOPROTEIN; METHEMOGLOBIN;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FISH; GEOMETRY; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PH; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; WILD TYPE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

GYMNODRACO ACUTICEPS; NOTOTHENIOIDEI; TREMATOMUS BERNACCHII; TREMATOMUS NEWNESI;

EID: 35348994296     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.107.105700     Document Type: Article

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