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SUBMITTER: Najdegerami IH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5383520 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Najdegerami Ismaeil Hossein IH Maghami Parvaneh P Sheikh-Hasani Vahid V Hosseinzadeh Ghader G Sheibani Nader N Moosavi-Movahedi Ali A AA
Journal of molecular recognition : JMR 20161205 5
Because of the extensive use of methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) as an additive to increase the octane quality of gasoline, the environmental pollution by this compound has increased in recent decades. Environmental release of MTBE may lead to its entry to the blood stream through inhalation or drinking of contaminated water, and its interactions with biological molecules such as proteins. The present study was proposed to comparatively investigate the interactions of MTBE with hemoglobin (Hb) fro ...[more]