The role of Alpha-Hemoglobin stabilizing protein in redox chemistry, denaturation, and hemoglobin assembly

Antioxidants and Redox Signaling

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 219-232

  Mollan, Todd L ^a   Yu, Xiang ^b   Weiss, Mitchell J ^c   Olson, John S ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLOBIN; ALPHA HEMOGLOBIN STABILIZING PROTEIN; BETA GLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN; PLASMA PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AHSP PROTEIN, MOUSE; CHAPERONE; ERAF PROTEIN, HUMAN;

DENATURATION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PROTEINS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY;

EID: 77949497124     PISSN: 15230864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ars.2009.2780     Document Type: Review

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