S6.10: Space invaders: The amazing adaptations of tardigrades
Genetics Unzipped
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How Tartegrade Proteins Survive Drying Out
When cells dry out, a lot of bad things happen. Tartegrade proteins are tuned to deal with these different physiological conditions and chemical ambitions depending on water content and crowding within the cell. They either act really well at preventing aggregation or they act very well at preventing unfolding. And how does that protein help them survive drying out? I should say, what is it about drying out that normally kills us?
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