Organic osmolytes as compatible, metabolic and counteracting cytoprotectants in high osmolarity and other stresses

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Summary

Organic osmolytes are small solutes used by cells of numerous water-stressed organisms and tissues to maintain cell volume and have applications in biotechnology, agriculture and medicine, including in vitro rescue of the misfolded protein of cystic fibrosis.

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2005-08-01
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Keywords

Osmolyte, Osmoprotectant, Biochemistry, Trehalose, Hypotaurine

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