Structure of an extracellular giant hemoglobin of the gutless beard worm Oligobrachia mashikoi

Mouthless and gutless marine animals, pogonophorans and vestimentiferans, obtain their nutrition solely from their symbiotic chemoautotrophic sulfur-oxidizing bacteria. These animals have sulfide-binding 400-kDa and/or 3,500-kDa Hb, which transports oxygen and sulfide simultaneously. The symbiotic b...

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Main Authors: Numoto, Nobutaka, Nakagawa, Taro, Kita, Akiko, Sasayama, Yuichi, Fukumori, Yoshihiro, Miki, Kunio
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: National Academy of Sciences 2005
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Biological Sciences
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1253539/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16204001
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0501541102
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