Hb(αα,ββ): A novel fusion construct for a dimeric, four-domain hemoglobin

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Proteins and Proteomics

Volumn 1784, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1462-1470

  Panetta, Gianna ^a   Arcovito, Alessandro ^b   Morea, Veronica ^c   Bellelli, Andrea ^a   Miele, Adriana Erica ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Blood substitute; Gene fusion; Oxygen carrier; Protein engineering

Indexed keywords

BLOOD SUBSTITUTE; DIMER; HAPTOGLOBIN; HEME; HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A; HEMOGLOBIN A2 B2; HEMOGLOBIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HEMOGLOBIN B; OXYGEN; OXYHEMOGLOBIN; PRIMER DNA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOOXIDATION; FUSION GENE; GENE FUSION; HALF LIFE TIME; HUMAN; OXYGEN AFFINITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; AUTOMATION; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; DIMERIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID;

AUTOMATION; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOOD SUBSTITUTES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DIMERIZATION; DNA PRIMERS; GENE EXPRESSION; HEMOGLOBIN A; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; KINETICS; OXYGEN; OXYHEMOGLOBINS; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 52049094782     PISSN: 15709639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2008.01.003     Document Type: Article

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