Dual roles of glucose in the freeze-tolerant earthworm Dendrobaena octaedra: Cryoprotection and fuel for metabolism

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 212, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 859-866

  Calderon, Sofia ^a   Holmstrup, Martin ^a   Westh, Peter ^b   Overgaard, Johannes ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Anaerobic metabolism; Anoxia; Cryoprotectant; Freeze survival; Glucose

Indexed keywords

CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; GLUCOSE;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANNELID WORM; ARTICLE; FREEZING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; FREEZING; GLUCOSE; OLIGOCHAETA; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; DENDROBAENA OCTAEDRA;

EID: 63049115161     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.026864     Document Type: Article

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