BMC Biochemistry

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Characterization of the first beta-class carbonic anhydrase from an arthropod (Drosophila melanogaster) and phylogenetic analysis of beta-class carbonic anhydrases in invertebrates

Leo Syrjänen1,2,3*, Martti Tolvanen1, Mika Hilvo1, Ayodeji Olatubosun1, Alessio Innocenti4, Andrea Scozzafava4, Jenni Leppiniemi1, Barbara Niederhauser1, Vesa P Hytönen1, Thomas A Gorr5, Seppo Parkkila1,2,3 and Claudiu T Supuran4

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1 Institute of Medical Technology, University of Tampere and Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland

2 School of Medicine, University of Tampere and Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland

3 Centre for Laboratory Medicine, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland

4 Laboratorio di Chimica Bioinorganica, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Sesto Fiorentino (Firenze), Italy

5 Vetsuisse Faculty and Zurich Center for Integrative Human Physiology (ZIHP), Institute of Veterinary Physiology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

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BMC Biochemistry 2010, 11:28 doi:10.1186/1471-2091-11-28

Published: 26 July 2010

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Additional file 1:

The full alignment of the 26 invertebrate β-CA sequences (partly shown in Figure 1).

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Additional file 2:

The full sequence alignment of all of the identified invertebrate β-CA sequences.

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