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The book provides a comprehensive treatise of the molecular structure, physiological function and the evolution of oxygen carriers, found in circulating body fluids, animal, and plant tissues. It includes 15 chapters: 1) Oxygen Carriers as Molecular Models of Allosteric Behavior. 2) Plant Hemoglobins. 3) Functions of Cytoplasmic Hemoglobins and Myohemerythrin. 4) Structures of Red Blood Cell Hemoglobins. 5) Respiratory Function of the Red Blood Cell Hemoglobins of Six Animal Phyla. 6) Molecular Structure/Function Relationships of Hemerythrins. 7) Physiological Function of the Hemerythrins. 8) Structures of the Extracellular Heme Proteins. 9) Properties and Functions of Extracellular Heme Pigments. 10) Molluscan Hemocyanins: Structure and Function. 11) Respiratory Function of the Molluscan Hemocyanins. 12) Molecular Structure of the Arthropod Hemocyanins. 13) Respiratory Function of Arthropod Hemocyanins. 14) Structure-Function Relationships of the Ectothermic Vertebrate Hemoglobins. 15) Respiratory Functions of Avian and Mammalian Hemoglobins.

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Author:   Charlotte P. Mangum ,  H. Decker ,  W. H. Fuchsman ,  R. L. Ingermann
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Volume:   v. 13
Weight:   0.850kg
ISBN:  

9783540536574

ISBN 10:   3540536574
Pages:   477
Publication Date:   15 December 1992
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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