Evidence is reviewed that freezing and dehydration are fundamentally different stress
vectors:(a) Proteins, membranes, phospholipids, and living cells and organisms all contain …

Dimethyl sulphoxide is a water miscible solvent that has wide applications in cell biology. It
acts as a cryoprotective agent in a variety of cells and tissues allowing prolonged storage at …

This chapter reviews the possible mechanisms of desiccation tolerance in seeds. It
discusses some of the anatomical, biochemical, and biophysical events associated with the …

A physicochemical model based on the modified classical heterogeneous nucleation theory
was proposed to analyze the ice formation inside biological cells during freezing. According …

▪ Abstract Cryosurgery is a surgical technique that employs freezing to destroy undesirable
tissue. Developed first in the middle of the nineteenth century it has recently incorporated …

Solute diffusion as well as cell absorption occurs in aqueous medium. Thermodynamics and
kinetic parameters relative to water motion in solid media are successively examined with …

Thermal stress in living cells produces multiple changes that ultimately affect membrane
structure and function. We report that two members of the family of small heat-shock proteins …

A structured account of the full range of environments in Antarctica and of the microbial
communities that live within them. The author examines the major features of the chemical …

This introductory overview shows that cold, in particular frost, stresses a plant in manifold
ways and that the plant's response, being injurious or adaptive, must be considered a …

A short exposure to a mild cold stress is sufficient to increase cold tolerance in many insects.
This phenomenon, termed rapid cold hardening (RCH) expands the thermal interval that can …