Anhydrobiosis: Drying Out with Sugar
The disaccharide trehalose is a major determinant of desiccation tolerance via unresolved mechanisms. A new study highlights a critical role for this chemical chaperone in energy-independent maintenance of protein homeostasis during extended periods of dehydration and relative metabolic inactivity....
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Published in | Current biology Vol. 24; no. 23; pp. R1121 - R1123 |
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Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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England
Elsevier Ltd
01.12.2014
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Summary: | The disaccharide trehalose is a major determinant of desiccation tolerance via unresolved mechanisms. A new study highlights a critical role for this chemical chaperone in energy-independent maintenance of protein homeostasis during extended periods of dehydration and relative metabolic inactivity.
The disaccharide trehalose is a major determinant of desiccation tolerance via unresolved mechanisms. A new study highlights a critical role for this chemical chaperone in energy-independent maintenance of protein homeostasis during extended periods of dehydration and relative metabolic inactivity. |
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ISSN: | 0960-9822 1879-0445 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.cub.2014.10.022 |