By Liz Leitch
NQPI researcher Ido Braslavsky led a recent study showing how antifreeze proteins (AFPs) from the spruce budworm are more effective at inhibiting the growth of ice crystals than AFPs from fish. AFPs protect organisms from freezing by binding to ice to further prevent its growth. The group used fluorescence microscopy to observe their findings.
To read to full Ohio University Research Communication news story, go to: Fluorescence microscopy reveals why some antifreeze proteins inhibit ice growth better than others
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Sun, March 25, 2007
by Arthur Smith