Cold-loving microbes, plants, and animals - Fundamental and applied aspects

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 77-99

  Margesin, R ^a   Neuner, G ^b   Storey, K B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antioxidant defenses; Cold adaptation; Cryoprotectants; Freeze tolerance; Gene expression; Membranes; Proteins; Supercooling

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; ANTIFREEZE PROTEIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CAROTENOID; CELL MEMBRANE PROTEIN; CHAPERONIN; COLD SHOCK PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; ENZYME; FATTY ACID; GLUCOSE; GLYCEROL 3 PHOSPHATE ACYLTRANSFERASE; ICE; MEMBRANE LIPID; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANTIOXIDANT; BIOTECHNOLOGY; FREEZE TOLERANCE; GENE EXPRESSION; MICROORGANISM; PLANT; SUPERCOOLING;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ANTARCTICA; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; BIOSENSOR; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL METABOLISM; COLD ACCLIMATIZATION; COLD INJURY; COLD TOLERANCE; COOLING; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FOOD INDUSTRY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; GROWTH RATE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; LOW TEMPERATURE; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; MICROORGANISM; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT; PLANT DISEASE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; REVIEW; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TEXTILE; THERMOSTABILITY; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WASTE WATER;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; COLD; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33846314770     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-006-0162-6     Document Type: Review

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