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ReviewChemical reviews2024

Protecting Proteins from Desiccation Stress Using Molecular Glasses and Gels.

Gil I Olgenblum, Brent O Hutcheson, Gary J Pielak, Daniel Harries

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Review in Chemical reviews, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed.

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  10. Principles Underlying Cryopreservation and Freeze-Drying of Cells.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2026
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  14. Biomolecular condensates-Prerequisites for anhydrobiosis?Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society · 2025
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  15. Understanding dry proteins and their protection with solid-state hydrogen-deuterium exchange.Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society · 2025
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  16. Crowding in Anhydrobiosis.Sub-cellular biochemistry · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Gil I OlgenblumInstitute of Chemistry, Fritz Haber Research Center, and The Harvey M. Krueger Family Center for Nanoscience & Nanotechnology, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem 9190401, Israel.ORCID 0000-0002-4514-5516
Brent O HutchesonDepartment of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH), Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States.
Gary J PielakDepartment of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH), Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-6307-542X
Daniel HarriesInstitute of Chemistry, Fritz Haber Research Center, and The Harvey M. Krueger Family Center for Nanoscience & Nanotechnology, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem 9190401, Israel.ORCID 0000-0002-3057-9485

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Faced with desiccation stress, many organisms deploy strategies to maintain the integrity of their cellular components. Amorphous glassy media composed of small molecular solutes or protein gels present general strategies for protecting against drying. We review these strategies and the proposed molecular mechanisms to explain protein protection in a vitreous matrix under conditions of low hydration. We also describe efforts to exploit similar strategies in technological applications for protecting proteins in dry or highly desiccated states. Finally, we outline open questions and possibilities for future explorations.

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DesiccationGelsProteinsGlassHumansWaterGelsProteinsWater

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PMID38635951
PMCPMC11082905

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