Hemoglobin-derived porphyrins preserved in a Middle Eocene blood-engorged mosquito

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 46, 2013, Pages 18496-18500

  Greenwalt, Dale E ^a   Goreva, Yulia S ^a   Siljeström, Sandra M ^a,b,c   Rose, Tim ^a   Harbach, Ralph E ^d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c SP TECHNICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

^d DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; PORPHYRIN DERIVATIVE;

ABDOMEN; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; EXTANT SPECIES; FEMALE; FOSSIL; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; LUTETIAN; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THORAX; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; FOSSILS; HEMOGLOBINS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MONTANA; PORPHYRINS; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION;

EID: 84887479711     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1310885110     Document Type: Article

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