TY - THES AB - The purpose of this thesis is to elucidate the primary structure of the B chain of Asian elephant, Elephas maximus, hemoglobin. This hemoglobin was chosen for investigation because it provides the specific model necessary for testing the following: 1. The direct comparison of the amino acid sequence of the B chain of elephant hemoglobin with other known sequences may explain the high oxygen affinity of this hemoglobin. 2. Elephant hemoglobin sequence studies may also clarify the tenuous taxonomic relationship which exists at present between the two living elephant species. 3. The relationship of this species to other animals may be extended by comparisons of known sequences. AU - Vedvick, Thomas S. DA - 1972-06-01 DO - 10.6083/M4K935K1 DO - DOI ID - 9416 KW - Amino Acid Sequence KW - Hemoglobins KW - Elephants L1 - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/9416/files/1972.vedvick.thomas.pdf L2 - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/9416/files/1972.vedvick.thomas.pdf L4 - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/9416/files/1972.vedvick.thomas.pdf LK - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/9416/files/1972.vedvick.thomas.pdf N2 - The purpose of this thesis is to elucidate the primary structure of the B chain of Asian elephant, Elephas maximus, hemoglobin. This hemoglobin was chosen for investigation because it provides the specific model necessary for testing the following: 1. The direct comparison of the amino acid sequence of the B chain of elephant hemoglobin with other known sequences may explain the high oxygen affinity of this hemoglobin. 2. Elephant hemoglobin sequence studies may also clarify the tenuous taxonomic relationship which exists at present between the two living elephant species. 3. The relationship of this species to other animals may be extended by comparisons of known sequences. PB - Oregon Health and Science University PY - 1972-06-01 T1 - The amino acid sequence of the β chain of Asian elephant, Elephas maximus, hemoglobin TI - The amino acid sequence of the β chain of Asian elephant, Elephas maximus, hemoglobin UR - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/9416/files/1972.vedvick.thomas.pdf Y1 - 1972-06-01 ER -