Low-temperature protein metabolism: seasonal changes in protein synthesis and RNA dynamics in the Antarctic limpet Nacella concinna Strebel 1908

• Main Authors: Fraser, Keiron P.P., Clarke, Andrew, Peck, Lloyd S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: The Company of Biologists Limited 2002
• Subjects: Biology and Microbiology; Zoology; Antarctic; Nacella; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/13340/; http://jeb.biologists.org/cgi/content/full/205/19/3077

Protein synthesis is a fundamental and energetically expensive physiological process in all living organisms. Very few studies have examined the specific challenges of manufacturing proteins at low ambient temperatures. At high southern latitudes, water temperatures are continually below or near fre...