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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Main Authors: Ingrid M Montes-Rodríguez, Linda E Rivera, Juan López-Garriga, Carmen L Cadilla
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4732748?pdf=render