Freeze-induced expression of a novel gene, fr47, in the liver of the freeze-tolerant wood frog, Rana sylvatica

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Gene Structure and Expression

Volumn 1625, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 183-191

  McNally, J Dayre ^a   Sturgeon, Christopher M ^a   Storey, Kenneth B ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cryobiology; Freeze tolerance; Gene expression; Liver; Protein expression; Second messenger

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ANTIBODY; LIVER PROTEIN; PROTEIN FR47; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANOXIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHYDRATION; FREEZING; FREEZING TOLERANCE; FROG; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LIVER; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; THAWING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANOXIA; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DEHYDRATION; FREEZING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LIVER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN KINASE C; PROTEINS; RANIDAE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANURA; HYLA; HYLA VERSICOLOR; PSEUDACRIS; PSEUDACRIS CRUCIFER; RANA PIPIENS; RANA SYLVATICA; SCAPHIOPUS; SCAPHIOPUS COUCHII;

EID: 0037467669     PISSN: 01674781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4781(02)00603-6     Document Type: Article

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