Dehydration-induced tps gene transcripts from an anhydrobiotic nematode contain novel spliced leaders and encode atypical GT-20 family proteins

Biochimie

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 565-574

  Goyal, K ^a   Browne, J A ^b,c   Burnell, A M ^b   Tunnacliffe, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Accelerated evolution; Anhydrobiosis; Desiccation tolerance; Nematode; Spliced leader; Trehalose synthase

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; TREHALOSE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEHYDRATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EUKARYOTE; EVOLUTION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; INSECT; MICROORGANISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSMOLARITY; PHYLOGENY; PLANT; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; STRESS; UPREGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DEHYDRATION; EVOLUTION; GENES, HELMINTH; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEMATODA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, SPLICED LEADER; STRESS; TREHALOSE; WATER;

APHELENCHUS AVENAE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EUKARYOTA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; NEMATODA;

EID: 19544372637     PISSN: 03009084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2005.01.010     Document Type: Article

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