Differential Scanning Calorimetry Studies on an Antarctic Nematode (Panagrolaimus davidi) Which Survives Intracellular Freezing

Cryobiology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 114-121

  Wharton, David A ^a   Block, William ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFREEZE PROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; ICE;

ANIMAL; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; FREEZING; METABOLISM; NEMATODE;

ANIMALS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; ANTIFREEZE PROTEINS; CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; FREEZING; GLYCOPROTEINS; ICE; NEMATODA;

EID: 0031091121     PISSN: 00112240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cryo.1996.1989     Document Type: Article

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