Intracellular ice formation in insects: Unresolved after 50 years?

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 14-18

  Sinclair, Brent J ^a   Renault, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Fat body cells; Freeze tolerance; Ice nucleation; Ice propagation; Intracellular freezing; R.W. Salt

Indexed keywords

ICE;

CELL ASSAY; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DEATH; CELL SHAPE; CELL SIZE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CELLULAR, SUBCELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; DEHYDRATION; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FAT BODY; FREEZING TOLERANCE; IMAGING SYSTEM; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INSECT; INSECT CELL; INTRACELLULAR ICE FORMATION; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; WATER CONTENT; WATER LOSS;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 71549134892     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2009.10.026     Document Type: Review

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