FISH ANTIFREEZE GLYCOPROTEINS PROTECT CELLULAR MEMBRANES DURING LIPID-PHASE TRANSITIONS

Authors
HAYS LM FEENEY RE TABLIN F OLIVER AE WALKER NJ CROWE LM CROWE JH
Citation
Lm. Hays et al., FISH ANTIFREEZE GLYCOPROTEINS PROTECT CELLULAR MEMBRANES DURING LIPID-PHASE TRANSITIONS, News in physiological sciences, 12, 1997, pp. 189-194
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Physiology
Journal title
News in physiological sciences → ACNP
ISSN journal
08861714
Volume
12
Year of publication
1997
Pages
189 - 194
Database
ISI
SICI code
0886-1714(1997)12:<189:FAGPCM>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
Antifreeze proteins from Antarctic fish depress solution freezing temp eratures, inhibit ice crystal formation, and prevent recrystallization on rewarming. They have been used to enhance survival of some cell ty pes during hypothermic storage. The mechanism of their protection is t hought to be important during the transition of lipid bilayers from a liquid crystalline to a gel phase.