Lessons from nature: The role of sugars in anhydrobiosis

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 505-513

  Crowe, Lois M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anhydrobiosis; Differential scanning calorimetry; Glasses; Infrared spectroscopy; Liposomes; Phospholipids; Stabilization; Trehalose; Water replacement

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; LIPOSOME; MEMBRANE LIPID; TREHALOSE;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DESICCATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FREEZE DRYING; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM;

EID: 0036182386     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(01)00503-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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