A putative LEA protein, but no trehalose, is present in anhydrobiotic bdelloid rotifers

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 546, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 315-321

  Tunnacliffe, Alan ^a   Lapinski, Jens ^a   McGee, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Desiccation tolerance; Late embryogenesis abundant protein; LEA protein; Trehalose; Trehalose 6 phosphate synthase

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; DEHYDRATION; ENZYMES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HYDRATION; MARINE BIOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY); SUGARS; WATER;

DESICCATION TOLERANCE; LATE EMBRYOGENESIS ABUNDANT PROTEINS; LEA PROTEIN; TREHALOSE; TREHALOSE-6-PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE;

PROTEINS;

DESICCATION; DORMANCY; PROTEIN;

ADINETA VAGA; ANIMALIA; ANOSTRACA; ARTEMIA; BDELLOIDA; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; NEMATODA; PHILODINA ROSEOLA; ROTIFERA; SELAGINELLA PILIFERA;

EID: 24144463133     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-005-4239-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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