Hemoglobin Structure and Respiratory Transport (original) (raw)

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Scientific American

December 1, 1978

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Hemoglobin carries oxygen from the lungs to the tissues and helps to transport carbon dioxide back to the lungs. It fulfills this dual role by clicking back and forth between two alternative structures

By M. F. Perutz

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