Encysted embryos (cysts) of the brine shrimp, Artemia, provide excellent opportunities for the
study of biochemical and biophysical adaptation to extremes of environmental stress in …

Increasing interest in anhydrobiosis ('life without water') has prompted the use of mammalian
cells as a model in which candidate adaptations suspected of conferring desiccation …

Encysted embryos of the crustacean, Artemia franciscana, are among the most stress-
resistant of all multicellular eukaryotes, due in part to massive amounts of p26, a small heat …

Artemia franciscana embryos undergo encystment, developmental arrest and diapause, the
last characterized by profound metabolic dormancy and extreme stress resistance. Encysted …

Encysted embryos of Artemia franciscana are exceptionally resistant to stress and an
important part of this tolerance involves p26, a small heat shock protein which functions as a …