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Characterization and Expression of the Lucina pectinata Oxygen and Sulfide Binding Hemoglobin Genes

The clam Lucina pectinata lives in sulfide-rich muds and houses intracellular symbiotic bacteria that need to be supplied with hydrogen sulfide and oxygen. This clam possesses three hemoglobins: hemoglobin I (HbI), a sulfide-reactive protein, and hemoglobin II (HbII) and III (HbIII), which are oxyge...

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Autores principales: Montes-Rodríguez, Ingrid M., Rivera, Linda E., López-Garriga, Juan, Cadilla, Carmen L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4732748/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26824233
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0147977