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Higher oxygen affinity of sheep Hb C compared to Hb A and Hb B

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Sheep which have Hb A, synthesize the perinatal Hb C in response to severe tissue hypoxia. It is known that Hb A displays a higher oxygen affinity than Hb B. The results of this study indicate that Hb C exhibits an oxygen affinity and a Bohr effect higher than those of Hb A and Hb B.

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  1. Laboratorio di Patologia non infettiva, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, Rome, Italy

    A. M. Vaccaro-Torracca, R. Vestri & S. Salmaso

  2. Instituto di Fisiologia Umana, Università Cattolica S. Cuore, Via della Pineta Sacchetti 644, I-00168, Rome, Italy

    A. M. Vaccaro-Torracca, R. Vestri & S. Salmaso

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Part of this work was supported by a grant of Ministero Pubblica Istruzione.

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Vaccaro-Torracca, A.M., Vestri, R. & Salmaso, S. Higher oxygen affinity of sheep Hb C compared to Hb A and Hb B. Experientia 36, 559–560 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01965799

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