Molecular Processes in Biological Thermosensation
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Molecular Processes in Biological Thermosensation
Since thermal gradients are almost everywhere, thermosensation could represent one of the oldest sensory transduction processes that evolved in organisms. There are many examples of temperature changes affecting the physiology of living cells. Almost all classes of biological macromolecules in a cell (nucleic acids, lipids, proteins) can present a target of the temperature-related stimuli. This...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Biophysics
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1687-8000,1687-8019
DOI: 10.1155/2008/602870