Haemocyanin
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Haemocyanin is a noun meaning (British spelling) Alternative spelling of hemocyanin.
Meaning
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of hemocyanin.
Example Sentences
Haemocyanin : Out of these four respiratory blood pigments, haemocyanin ranks next in importance to haemoglobin.
It now appears that in spite of great differences in structure, molluscan and arthropod haemocyanins have a common molecular origin (Schneider et al., cited in Linzen et al. 1985a).
S. officinalis uses the blood pigment haemocyanin which has a limited capacity for carrying oxygen (3 mM) and thus rely on fully oxygenating haemocyanin at the gills and releasing the majority of the bound oxygen as it passes through the body (Melzner et al. 2007b).
Word Forms
- haemocyanins
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include limpet, keyhole, hemocyanine, haemacyanin, haemerythrin, phyllocyanine.
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