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Life in the frozen state / [edited by] Barry J. Fuller, Nick Lane, Erica E. Benson.
Holman Biotech Commons QH324.9.C7 L545 2004
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cryobiology.
- Cryopreservation.
- Medical Subjects:
- Cryopreservation.
- Physical Description:
- 672 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, 2004.
- Contents:
- Theme 1 Fundamental Aspects 1
- Chapter 1 Principles of Cryobiology / Peter Mazur 3
- Chapter 2 The Water to Ice Transition: Implications for Living Cells / Ken Muldrew, Jason P. Acker, Janet A. W. Elliott, Locksley E. McGann 67
- Theme 2 Life and Death at Low Temperatures 109
- Chapter 3 Life in the Polar Terrestrial Environment with a Focus on Algae and Cyanobacteria / Josef Elster, Erica E. Benson 111
- Chapter 4 Microbial Life in Permafrost: Extended Times in Extreme Conditions / Monica Ponder, Tatiana Vishnivetskaya, John McGrath, James Tiedje 151
- Chapter 5 Adaptation of Higher Plants to Freezing / Roger S. Pearce 171
- Chapter 6 Oxidative Stress in the Frozen Plant: A Free Radical Point of View / Erica E. Benson, David Bremner 205
- Chapter 7 Physiology, Biochemistry, and Molecular Biology of Vertebrate Freeze Tolerance: The Wood Frog / Kenneth B. Storey, Janet M. Storey 243
- Theme 3 Freezing and Banking of Living Resources 275
- Chapter 8 Preservation of Fungi and Yeasts / Shu-hui Tan, Cor van Ingen 277
- Chapter 9 Cryoconserving Algal and Plant Diversity: Historical Perspectives and Future Challenges / Erica E. Benson 299
- Chapter 10 Plant Cryopreservation / Akira Sakai 329
- Chapter 11 The Early History of Gamete Cryobiology / Stanley P. Leibo 347
- Chapter 12 Cryobiology of Gametes and the Breeding of Domestic Animals / Alban Massip, S. P. Leibo, E. Blesbois 371
- Chapter 13 Cryopreservation as a Supporting Measure in Species Conservation: "Not the Frozen Zoo!" / Amanda R. Pickard, William V. Holt 393
- Chapter 14 Cryopreservation of Gametes and Embryos of Aquatic Species / Tiantian Zhang 415
- Chapter 15 Fundamental Issues for Cell-Line Banks in Biotechnology and Regulatory Affairs / Glyn Stacey 437
- Theme 4 Medical Applications 453
- Chapter 16 Mechanisms of Injury Caused by in Vivo Freezing / Nathan E. Hoffmann, John C. Bischof 455
- Chapter 17 Cryopreservation in Transfusion Medicine and Hematology / Andreas Sputtek, Rebekka Sputtek 483
- Chapter 18 Cryopreservation of Human Gametes and Embryos / Barry Fuller, Sharon Paynter, Paul Watson 505
- Chapter 19 The Scientific Basis for Tissue Banking / Monica Wusteman, Charles J. Hunt 541
- Chapter 20 Engineering Desiccation Tolerance in Mammalian Cells: Tools and Techniques / Jason P. Acker, Tani Chen, Alex Fowler, Mehmet Toner 563
- Chapter 21 Stabilization of Cells during Freeze-Drying: The Trehalose Myth / John H. Crowe, Lois M. Crowe, Fern Tablin, Willem Wolkers, Ann E. Oliver, Nelly M. Tsvetkova 581
- Chapter 22 Vitrification in Tissue Preservation: New Developments / Michael J. Taylor, Ying C. Song, Kelvin G. M. Brockbank 603
- Theme 5 The Future of Cryobiology 643
- Chapter 23 The Future of Cryobiology / Nick Lane 645.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0415247004
- OCLC:
- 53986992
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