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The Commercial Product Frostban Consists of a Genetically Altered Bacterium

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The commercial product Frostban consists of a genetically altered bacterium which prevents ice crystals from forming on plants, thereby reducing freezing of plants and ?nancial distress to the farmers as a result of freezing weather. This product contains a strain of ______.


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Sarcolemma

The cell membrane of a muscle fiber that encloses the cytoplasm and organelles of the cell and plays a critical role in muscle contraction.

Muscle Fiber

Muscle cell.

Myofilament

Extremely fine molecular thread helping form the myofibrils of muscle; thick myofilaments are formed of myosin, and thin myofilaments are formed of actin.

Myofibril

A basic rod-like unit of a muscle cell that is responsible for the muscle's contractile properties.

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