Mangum CP, Freadman MA, Johansen K. The quantitative role of hemocyanin in aerobic respiration of limulus polyphemus.
THE JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY 1975;
191:279-85. [PMID:
1113073 DOI:
10.1002/jez.1401910213]
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Abstract
Measurements of the total oxygen content of post- and prebranchial blood in Limulus polyphemus indicate that hemocyanin transports less than half of the oxygen consumed in water but almost 90% in air. Half of the increase in hemocyanin function during air exposure is due to the occurrence of a reverse Bohr effect.
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