Maintenance of the supercooled state in overwintering pyrochroid beetle larvae, Dendroides canadensis: Role of hemolymph ice nucleators and antifreeze proteins

Journal of Comparative Physiology - B Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 167, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 105-113

  Olsen, T M ^a   Duman, J G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Antifreeze proteins; Freeze avoiding Coleoptera; Hemolymph ice nucleators; Ice nucleator proteins; Supercooling

Indexed keywords

DENDROIDES CANADENSIS;

EID: 0030933727     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003600050053     Document Type: Article

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