Molecular and physicochemical characterization of hemoglobin from the high-altitude Taiwanese brown-toothed shrew (Episoriculus fumidus)

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 182, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 821-829

  Campbell, Kevin L ^a   Signore, Anthony V ^a   Harada, Masashi ^b   Weber, Roy E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Enthalpy of oxygenation; Hemoglobin; High altitude; Oxygen affinity; Shrew

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; HISTIDINE; OXYGEN; OXYHEMOGLOBIN;

ALTITUDE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PH; SHREW;

ALTITUDE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; HEMOGLOBINS; HISTIDINE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXYGEN; OXYHEMOGLOBINS; SHREWS;

CROCIDURA; EPISORICULUS FUMIDUS; EUTHERIA; SORICIDAE; SORICINAE;

EID: 84870278372     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-012-0659-6     Document Type: Article

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