ARCTIC Antifreeze Proteins in the Arctic Shorthorn Sculpin (Myoxocephalus scorpius)

• Main Authors: Garth L. Fletcher, Richard F. Addison, Don Slaughter, Choy L. Hew
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Arctic; Canada; Ellesmere Island; Grise Fiord; Arctique*; Newfoundland; Terre-Neuve
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.549.6493; http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/arctic35-2-302.pdf

ABSTRACT. The plasma of shorthorn sculpin caught at Grise Fiord (Southern Ellesmere Island, arctic Canada) during late August contained antifreeze proteins which were essentially identical, with respect to molecular weight, number of components and amino acid composition, to the antifreeze proteins...