Living in the cold: Freeze-induced gene responses in freeze-tolerant vertebrates

Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 57-63

  Storey, Kenneth B ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

ADP ATP translocase; Amphibian and reptile cold hardiness; Anoxia tolerance; Cryobiology; Fibrinogen; Freeze tolerance; Gene expression; Rana sylvatica

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CARRIER PROTEIN; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; FIBRINOGEN; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; UBIQUINOL CYTOCHROME C REDUCTASE;

ADAPTATION; ANOXIA; BLOOD CLOTTING; BODY WATER; CAPILLARY; COLD TOLERANCE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRYOPRESERVATION; DEHYDRATION; DNA LIBRARY; FIBRINOGEN SYNTHESIS; FREEZING; FROG; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SURVIVAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; COLD CLIMATE; FREEZING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RANIDAE;

EID: 0032891250     PISSN: 03051870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1681.1999.02990.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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