Living at a snail's pace : the cellular basis of metabolic depression
The garden snail <I>Helix aspersa</I> depresses its metabolic rate in response to desiccation (termed aestivation), as well as in response to reduced oxygen tension (termed oxygen conformation). This depression persists in cells isolated from the hepatopancreas of snails, thereby providi...
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University of Cambridge
2002
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.596665 |