Biophysics and Biochemistry At Low Temperatures

Klappentext Cold is the single most important enemy of life, and this 1985 book discusses the responses of living organisms to low temperatures. Zusammenfassung Cold is the single most important enemy of life! and this book! first published in 1985! discusses the responses of living organisms to low temperatures. Subfreezing temperatures in particular affect the properties of water! which is essential to life! and the book describes the physics and chemistry of water in the context of physiology. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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.

Product details

• Authors: F. Franks, Felix Franks, Franks Felix
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.07.2012
• EAN: 9780521269322
• ISBN: 978-0-521-26932-2
• No. of pages: 222
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Biochemistry, biophysics; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / General, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Botany, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biochemistry, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biophysics, biochemistry, Plant Physiology, Biophysics, Animal Physiology, Zoology and animal sciences, Botany and plant sciences