Direct observation of fat crystallization in a living fly by X-ray diffraction: Fat crystallization does not cause the fly's instantaneous death, but ice formation does

Cryobiology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 75-77

  Takahashi, Hiroshi ^a   Katagiri, Chihiro ^b   Ueno, Satoru ^c   Inoue, Katsuaki ^d  

^a Graduate School of Engineering   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d JAPAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Crystallization; Drosophila fly; Ice; Overwintering; Triacylglycerol; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

ICE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COOLING; CRYSTALLIZATION; DEATH; DROSOPHILA; FLY; FREEZING; LIQUID; LOW TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ANIMALS; COLD; CRYSTALLIZATION; DEATH, SUDDEN; DROSOPHILA; FREEZING; ICE; TRIGLYCERIDES; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

DROSOPHILA TRIAURARIA;

EID: 47849111588     PISSN: 00112240     EISSN: 10902392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cryobiol.2008.04.004     Document Type: Article

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