The role of vitrification in anhydrobiosis

Annual Review of Physiology

Volumn 60, Issue , 1998, Pages 73-103

  Crowe, John H ^a   Carpenter, John F ^b   Crowe, Lois M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Anhydrobiosis; Cryobiology; Dormancy; Drying; Freezing; Glass; Membrane stabilization; Protein stabilization

Indexed keywords

DISACCHARIDE; LIPOSOME; PHOSPHOLIPID; POLYMER; SUCROSE; TREHALOSE;

CRYSTAL; DEHYDRATION; HYDROGEN BOND; LIGAND BINDING; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHOLIPID BILAYER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CRYSTALLIZATION; DISACCHARIDES; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; LIPOSOMES; WATER;

EID: 0031953362     PISSN: 00664278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.physiol.60.1.73     Document Type: Review

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