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Respiratory Function of the Red Blood Cell Hemoglobins of Six Animal Phyla

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Blood and Tissue Oxygen Carriers

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Red blood cells containing, with one interesting exception, simple hemoglobins occur in seven animal phyla; six, the Phoronida, Annelida, Nemertina, Echiuroidea, Mollusca, and Echinodermata, are covered here. By red blood cells (RBCs) I refer to the nucleated cells that circulate in any body fluid, most often in an extracellular cavity that lacks small bore tubes. By simple hemoglobins (Hbs) I mean multiples of 1–12 polypeptide chains of ca. 16 kDa, loosely linked to one another if at all. The term tissue heme proteins will be restricted here to the noncirculating, O2-binding molecules found in muscles, nerves, and gills.

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Mangum, C.P. (1992). Respiratory Function of the Red Blood Cell Hemoglobins of Six Animal Phyla. In: Mangum, C.P. (eds) Blood and Tissue Oxygen Carriers. Advances in Comparative and Environmental Physiology, vol 13. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-76418-9_5

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