News tagged with bluebloods


Molecular structure could help explain albinism, melanoma

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created May 12, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Arthropods and mollusks are Nature's true bluebloods - thanks to hemocyanin, an oxygen-carrying large protein complex, which can even be turned into the enzymatically active chemical phenoloxidase.