The adaptation of polar fishes to climatic changes: Structure, function and phylogeny of haemoglobin

IUBMB Life

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 29-40

  Verde, Cinzia ^a   Giordano, Daniela ^a   Di Prisco, Guido ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PROTEIN BIOCHEMISTRY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adaptation to climatic changes; Function; Haemoglobin; Phylogeny; Polar fishes; Structure

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; HEMOGLOBIN; ANTIFREEZE PROTEIN; OXYGEN;

ADAPTATION; ARCTIC CLIMATE; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COOLING; FISH; LATITUDE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; ANIMAL; ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; COLD CLIMATE; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY;

NOTOTHENIOIDEI; PISCES;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; ANTIFREEZE PROTEINS; ARCTIC REGIONS; COLD CLIMATE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FISHES; HEMOGLOBINS; OXYGEN; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 42949161697     PISSN: 15216543     EISSN: 15216551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/iub.1     Document Type: Review

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