Anhydrobiosis is an extremely dehydrated state in which organisms show no detectable
metabolism but retain the ability to revive after rehydration. Thus far, two hypotheses have been …

Late embryogenesis abundant (LEA) proteins are associated with desiccation tolerance in
anhydrobiotic organisms. The larvae of an African chironomid, Polypedilum vanderplanki, are …

Trehalose is potentially a useful cryo- or anhydroprotectant molecule for cells and
biomolecules such as proteins and nucleotides. A major obstacle to application is that cellular …

Purpose: Tardigrades are known to survive high doses of ionizing radiation. However, there
have been no reports about radiation effects in tardigrades under culture conditions. In this …

Anhydrobiosis represents an extreme example of tolerance adaptation to water loss, where
an organism can survive in an ametabolic state until water returns. Here we report the first …

Anhydrobiotic (ie, life without water) organisms are known to produce group 3 late embryogenesis
abundant (G3LEA) proteins during adaptation to severely water-deficient conditions. …

An African chironomid, Polypedilum vanderplanki, is the only insect known to be capable of
extreme desiccation tolerance, or anhydrobiosis. In the 1950s and 1960s, Hinton …

We recently cloned a trehalose transporter gene (Tret1) that contributes to anhydrobiosis
induction in the sleeping chironomid Polypedilum vanderplanki Hinton. Because trehalose is …

Larvae of an African chironomid, Polypedilum vanderplanki, which live in temporal rock
pools, are completely dehydrated when the pools dry up and undergo anhydrobiosis until the …

Anhydrobiotic chironomid larvae can withstand prolonged complete desiccation as well as
other external stresses including ionizing radiation. To understand the cross-tolerance …