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Complete Nucleotide Sequence of a Hemoglobin Gene Cluster from the Midge Chironomus thummi piger

Erwin R. SchmidtC. LutherP. RozynekThomas Hankeln

subject

chemistry.chemical_classificationGeneticsLarvaanimal structuresbiologyfungiNucleic acid sequencemyrbiology.organism_classificationChironomidaeAmino acidchemistryMidgeHemolymphGene cluster

description

The aquatic larvae of non-biting midges (Chironomidae, Diptera) contain a variety of Hb proteins in their hemolymph that enable them to survive in an anoxic environment (1). In Chironomus thummi thummi, 12 different Hb variants have been identified and their amino acid sequences determined (2). Based on these primary structures, the evolutionary relationships between the five monomeric and the s e v e n dimeric Hb proteins have been deduced (2). The two groups are thought to have evolved in two different lineages which separated more than 255 million years ago.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
1991-01-01
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-3174-5_39