Felix Franks, F. Franks

Biophysics and Biochemistry at Low Temperatures

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Cold is the single most important enemy of life, and this 1985 book discusses the responses of living organisms to low temperatures.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 222
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Juli 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 329g
• ISBN-13: 9780521269322
• ISBN-10: 0521269326
• Artikelnr.: 35686311

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Foreword
1. Water, temperature and life
2. The physics of water at subzero temperatures
3. Physical chemistry of aqueous solutions at subzero temperatures
4. Cryobiochemistry - responses of proteins to suboptimal temperatures
5. The single cell: responses to chill and freezing
6. Freeze avoidance in living organisms
7. Freeze tolerance in living organisms
8. Cryobiology: the laboratory preservation of cells, tissues and organs
9. The technology of metastable water
10. Matters arising
References
Index.