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Trehalose and tardigrade CAHS proteins work synergistically to promote desiccation tolerance

Tardigrades are microscopic animals renowned for their ability to survive extreme desiccation. Unlike many desiccation-tolerant organisms that accumulate high levels of the disaccharide trehalose to protect themselves during drying, tardigrades accumulate little or undetectable levels. Using compara...

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Autores principales: Nguyen, Kenny, KC, Shraddha, Gonzalez, Tyler, Tapia, Hugo, Boothby, Thomas C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9526748/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36182981
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-04015-2