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Cell biology in the Antarctic: studying life in the freezer
1Cambridge Institute of Medical Research and the Department of Clinical Biochemistry University of Cambridge, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 2XY, UK. kbr20@cam.ac.uk
Nature Cell Biology
|January 4, 2003
Abstract:
Many classical biologists working in Antarctica have 'gone molecular' to study the physiological basis for life on or below the ice. Investigating the remarkable adaptations of specific cells, organelles and molecules to this extreme environment can provide new perspectives on the processes studied in conventional experimental organisms.

