Some like it cold: Understanding the survival strategies of psychrophiles

EMBO Reports

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 508-517

  De Maayer, Pieter ^a   Anderson, Dominique ^b   Cary, Craig ^c   Cowan, Don A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

genomics; metagenomics; molecular adaptations; omic technologies; psychrophile

Indexed keywords

ANTIFREEZE PROTEIN; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT;

BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; COLD ACCLIMATIZATION; COLD EXPOSURE; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; HABITAT; HABITAT SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHROPHILIC BACTERIUM; REVIEW; ADAPTATION; CELL SURVIVAL; COLD; COLD SHOCK RESPONSE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANTIFREEZE PROTEINS; CELL SURVIVAL; COLD TEMPERATURE; COLD-SHOCK RESPONSE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84899840592     PISSN: 1469221X     EISSN: 14693178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/embr.201338170     Document Type: Review

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