Cause of the root effect in fish haemoglobins.
The unusual properties of the Root effect haemoglobins in teleost fish --which allow them to pump O2 into their swim bladders and eyes against very high pressures--are illuminated in a new fish haemoglobin structure.
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MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK.
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