The gene for the heat-shock protein 70 of Euplotes focardii, an Antarctic psychrophilic ciliate

Antarctic Science

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 23-28

  La Terza, Antonietta ^a   Miceli, Cristina ^a   Luporini, Pierangelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antarctic biology; Cold adaptation; HSE and StRE cis acting elements; Protozoa; Stress inducible genes

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK;

CILIOPHORA; EUPLOTES; EUPLOTES FOCARDII; PROTOZOA;

EID: 1542378751     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102004001774     Document Type: Conference Paper

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