Structure of arthropod hemocyanin
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Structure of arthropod hemocyanin
Hemocyanins are large multi-subunit copper proteins that transport oxygen in many arthropods and mollusts. The amino acid sequence of subunit a of Panulirus interruptus hemocyanin (657 residues) has been completed and fitted to the electron-density map (3.2 A resolution). Comparison of amino acid sequence data for several different hemocyanin subunits of arthropod species indicated that the gen...
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عنوان ژورنال: FEBS Letters
سال: 1986
ISSN: 0014-5793
DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(86)81402-8