Biophysical Characterisation of Neuroglobin of the Icefish, a Natural Knockout for Hemoglobin and Myoglobin. Comparison with Human Neuroglobin

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Giordano, Daniela ^a   Boron, Ignacio ^b   Abbruzzetti, Stefania ^c   van Leuven, Wendy ^d   Nicoletti, Francesco P ^e   Forti, Flavio ^f   Bruno, Stefano ^c   Cheng, C H Christina ^g   Moens, Luc ^d   di Prisco, Guido ^a   Nadra, Alejandro D ^b   Estrin, Darío ^b   Smulevich, Giulietta ^e,h   Dewilde, Sylvia ^d   Viappiani, Cristiano ^c   Verde, Cinzia ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PROTEIN BIOCHEMISTRY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^h University of Parma ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; MYOGLOBIN; NEUROGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOOXIDATION; BIOPHYSICS; CHAENOCEPHALUS ACERATUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOSTICHUS MAWSONI; FISH; HUMAN; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; LASER FLASH PHOTOLYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN AFFINITY; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PHOTOLYSIS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; BIOPHYSICS; CARBON MONOXIDE; FISHES; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GLOBINS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; KINETICS; LIGANDS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN;

CHAENOCEPHALUS ACERATUS; DISSOSTICHUS MAWSONI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84870693871     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044508     Document Type: Article

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