Hemoglobin function and allosteric regulation in semi-fossorial rodents (family Sciuridae) with different altitudinal ranges

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 216, Issue 22, 2013, Pages 4264-4271

  Revsbech, Inge G ^a   Tufts, Danielle M ^b   Projecto Garcia, Joana ^b   Moriyama, Hideaki ^b   Weber, Roy E ^a   Storz, Jay F ^b   Fago, Angela ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Allostery; Globin; Hibernation; Hypoxia

Indexed keywords

GLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN; OXYGEN;

ADAPTATION; ALLOSTERISM; ALTITUDE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; HIBERNATION; HYPOXIA; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; SCIURIDAE; TEMPERATURE;

ADAPTATION; ALLOSTERY; GLOBIN; HIBERNATION; HYPOXIA;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ALLOSTERIC REGULATION; ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; GLOBINS; HEMOGLOBINS; HIBERNATION; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXYGEN; SCIURIDAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84887290259     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.091397     Document Type: Article

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