Characterization of the hemoglobins of the neonatal brushtailed possum Trichosurus vulpecula (Kerr): Evidence for a highly cooperative, aggregated isoform of hemoglobin

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 52-57

  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

2,3 DIPHOSPHOGLYCERIC ACID; CHLORIDE ION; GENE PRODUCT; HEMOGLOBIN; OXYGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; ERYTHROCYTE; HEMOLYSATE; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN SATURATION; PROTEIN AGGREGATION;

METATHERIA; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA;

EID: 42749091577     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2008.03.001     Document Type: Article

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