Trehalose and Suspended Animation
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Description: Article by Hugo Baillie-Johnson on a mechanism adopted by some creatures to enable them to withstand severe conditions such as dessication, with a series of illustratory images.
Trehalose and suspended animation Trehalose and suspended animation This short paper describes an astonishing biological mechanism which can readily be observed by anyone who has access to a modest microscope. Some plants and animals can easily enter a state of suspended animation, during which the metabolic activity of their cells can effectively be stopped, and the delicate architecture of the plasma membranes and intracellular organelles protected against extremes of cold, heat, radiation and other insults.
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| Page title: | Trehalose and suspended animation |
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