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Hemolymph ice nucleating proteins from the New Zealand alpine weta Hemideina maori (Orthoptera: Stenopelmatidae)
Citation
Wilson, PW and Ramlov, H, Hemolymph ice nucleating proteins from the New Zealand alpine weta Hemideina maori (Orthoptera: Stenopelmatidae), Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. Part B: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 112, (3) pp. 535-542. ISSN 1096-4959 (1994) [Refereed Article]
DOI: doi:10.1016/0305-0491(95)00080-1
Abstract
We report measurements of the supercooling point of the hemolymph of the freeze-tolerant New Zealand alpine weta Hemideina maori Hutton (Orthoptera; Stenopelmatidae). Dilution curve and supercooling points following ultrafiltration argue that the ice-nucleation agents present are proteinaceous. We also report dynamic light-scattering measurements leading to hydrodynamic diameters of large molecules found in the weta hemolymph. The measured diameters agree well with theoretical estimates for sizes of ice-nucleating proteins corresponding to the measured supercooling points.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
|---|---|
| Research Division: | Biological Sciences |
| Research Group: | Biochemistry and cell biology |
| Research Field: | Biochemistry and cell biology not elsewhere classified |
| Objective Division: | Expanding Knowledge |
| Objective Group: | Expanding knowledge |
| Objective Field: | Expanding knowledge in the biological sciences |
| UTAS Author: | Wilson, PW (Professor Peter Wilson) |
| ID Code: | 99884 |
| Year Published: | 1994 |
| Web of Science® Times Cited: | 11 |
| Deposited By: | Faculty of Health |
| Deposited On: | 2015-04-15 |
| Last Modified: | 2015-04-15 |
| Downloads: | 0 |
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