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Subcell Biochem
December 2015
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, Davis, CA, 95618, USA.
Anhydrobiosis (Life Without Water) has been known for millennia, but the underlying mechanisms have not been understood until recent decades, and we have achieved only a partial understanding. One of the chief sites of damage from dehydration is membranes, and we and others have provided evidence that this damage may be obviated by the production of certain sugars, particularly trehalose. The sugar stabilizes membranes by preventing fusion and fluidizing the dry bilayers.
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Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, Davis, CA, 95616.
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