Biochemistry below 0°C: Nature's frozen vertebrates

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 283-307

  Storey, K B ^a   Mosser, D D ^b   Douglas, D N ^a   Grundy, J E ^a   Storey, J M ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amphibian cold hardiness; Cryopreservation; Cryoprotectant metabolism; Freeze tolerance; Magnetic resonance imaging; Rana sylvatica

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORYLASE;

ANIMAL; BODY TEMPERATURE; CRYOPRESERVATION; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FREEZING; FROG; LIVER; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; TURTLE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CRYOPRESERVATION; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FREEZING; LIVER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOSPHORYLASES; RANIDAE; TURTLES;

EID: 0030091640     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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