title: The myoglobin of the fruit-bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus).
abstract: The myoglobin of the fruit-bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus) has been investigated. It has 153 amino acid residues. When the possible therian ancestral myoglobin is taken into consideration, the myoglobin of the fruit-bat resembles most closely that of the hedgehog.
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002685:Chiroptera / Q000378:metabolism*; D006364:Hedgehogs; D009211:Myoglobin; D010802:Phylogeny; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D009211:Myoglobin