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Kinetics of Association of Carbon Monoxide with Haemoglobin at Low Temperature

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Carbon dioxide binds to haemoglobin at −55° C, in methanol and water, in a manner basically similar to binding in ordinary conditions.

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  • 01 January 1968

    In the communication "Kinetics of Association of Carbon Monoxide with Haemoglobin at Low Temperature" by R. Banerjee, P. Douzou and A. Lombard (Nature, 217, 23; 1968) the second and third sentences of the sixth paragraph on page 24 should read "The value of this constant, which we shall call l4, is found to be 7 103 M?1 sec?1 at ? 55 C.

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BANERJEE, R., DOUZOU, P. & LOMBARD, A. Kinetics of Association of Carbon Monoxide with Haemoglobin at Low Temperature. Nature 217, 23–25 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/217023a0

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