Stress gene (hsp70) sequences and quantitative expression in Milnesium tardigradum (Tardigrada) during active and cryptobiotic stages

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 207, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1607-1613

  Schill, Ralph O ^a   Steinbrück, Günther H B ^b   Köhler, Heinz R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b Institute for Cell Biology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anhydrobiosis; Cryptobiosis; Eutardigrada; Heat shock protein; hsp70; Stress protein

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; PRIMER DNA;

ACCLIMATIZATION; AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FLUORESCENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; INVERTEBRATE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; FLUORESCENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; HSP70 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; INVERTEBRATES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA; EUTARDIGRADA; INVERTEBRATA; MILNESIUM TARDIGRADUM; TARDIGRADA;

EID: 2442540307     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00935     Document Type: Article

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