| Literature DB >> 1781025 |
G di Prisco1, S G Condò, M Tamburrini, B Giardina.
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Evolution has adopted different strategies to solve the problem of transporting oxygen to respiring tissues, according to needs dictated by the environment. A thermodynamic analysis of haemoglobins of organisms living in extreme polar environments (mammals and fish) provides elegant examples of such adaptations.Entities:
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Year: 1991 PMID: 1781025 DOI: 10.1016/0968-0004(91)90182-u
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Trends Biochem Sci ISSN: 0968-0004 Impact factor: 13.807