Purification and properties of Sandercyanin, a blue protein secreted in the mucus of blue forms of walleye, Sander vitreus

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 51-58

  Yu, Chi Li ^a   Ferraro, Daniel ^b   Ramaswamy, S ^b   Schmitz, Mark H ^c   Schaefer, Wayne F ^d   Gibson, David T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^d University of Wisconsin Milwaukee at Washington County   (United States)

Author keywords

Biliprotein; Biliverdin; Blue walleye; Insecticyanin; Lipocalin; Tetraodon nigroviridis

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; AMINO ACID; CHROMATOGRAPHY; HOMOGENEITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; ION EXCHANGE; MUCUS; PERCID; PROTEIN;

SANDER VITREUS; STIZOSTEDION VITREUM; TETRAODON NIGROVIRIDIS;

EID: 43049114566     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-007-9252-3     Document Type: Article

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