Effect of ice fraction and dilution factor on the antifreeze activity in the hemolymph of the cerambycid beetle Rhagium inquisitor

Cryobiology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 132-141

  Zachariassen, Karl Erik ^a   DeVries, Arthur L ^b   Hunt, Ben ^b   Kristiansen, Erlend ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Antifreeze proteins; Cerambycidae; Insects; Thermal hysteresis

Indexed keywords

ICE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; DILUTION; FRACTIONATION; FREEZING; GROWTH; HEMOLYMPH; HYSTERESIS; INSECT; MELTING POINT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTIFREEZE PROTEINS; BEETLES; HEMOLYMPH; ICE; THERMODYNAMICS;

CERAMBYCIDAE; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; RHAGIUM;

EID: 0036556764     PISSN: 00112240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0011-2240(02)00014-7     Document Type: Article

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