Expression patterns and adaptive functional diversity of vertebrate myoglobins

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Proteins and Proteomics

Volumn 1834, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1832-1839

  Helbo, Signe ^a   Weber, Roy E ^a   Fago, Angela ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Facilitated diffusion; Hydrogen peroxide; Hypoxia; Nitrite reductase; Oxygen affinity

Indexed keywords

MYOGLOBIN; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SCAVENGER; CARBON MONOXIDE; CYSTEINE; HEMOGLOBIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRITE REDUCTASE; OXYGEN;

CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HEART MUSCLE; HYPOXIA; IN VIVO STUDY; NITROSATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXYGEN AFFINITY; OXYGEN SUPPLY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RAINBOW TROUT; REOXYGENATION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VASODILATATION; VERTEBRATE; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; CO; CYS; DIFFUSION; H(2)O(2); HEART; HUMAN; MB; METABOLISM; NO; NOS; O(2); OXYGEN TENSION; P(50); PHYSIOLOGY; PO(2); ROS; S-NITROSOTHIOL; SNO; THE O(2) TENSION AT 50% SATURATION;

CARBON MONOXIDE; CO; CYS; CYSTEINE; FACILITATED DIFFUSION; H(2)O(2); HB; HEMOGLOBIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYPOXIA; MB; MYOGLOBIN; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRITE REDUCTASE; NO; NOS; O(2); OXYGEN; OXYGEN AFFINITY; OXYGEN TENSION; P(50); PO(2); REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; ROS; S-NITROSOTHIOL; SNO; THE O(2) TENSION AT 50% SATURATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; HEART; HUMANS; MYOGLOBIN; NITRIC OXIDE; OXYGEN; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 84884654343     PISSN: 15709639     EISSN: 18781454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2013.01.037     Document Type: Review

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