On the molecular mass of the extracellular hemoglobin of Glossoscolex paulistus: Analytical ultracentrifugation reexamination

Analytical Biochemistry

Volumn 385, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 257-263

  Carvalho, Francisco Adriano O ^a   Santiago, Patrícia S ^a   Borges, Júlio C ^a   Tabak, Marcel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Analytical ultracentrifugation; Extracellular hemoglobin; Glossoscolex paulistus; Molecular mass; Oxidation states; Sedimentation coefficients

Indexed keywords

CENTRIFUGATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR MASS; OLIGOMERS; PORPHYRINS; SEDIMENTATION;

ANALYTICAL ULTRACENTRIFUGATION; EXTRACELLULAR; GLOSSOSCOLEX PAULISTUS; OXIDATION STATE; SEDIMENTATION COEFFICIENTS;

HEMOGLOBIN;

HEME; HEMOGLOBIN; MONOMER; OLIGOMER;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DENSITY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; EARTHWORM; GLOSSOSCOLEX PAULISTUS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEASUREMENT; MOLECULAR MODEL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEDIMENTATION RATE; STOICHIOMETRY; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

GLOSSOSCOLEX; LUMBRICUS TERRESTRIS;

EID: 58149394841     PISSN: 00032697     EISSN: 10960309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2008.11.008     Document Type: Article

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