Life without water: Expression of plant LEA genes by an anhydrobiotic arthropod

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology

Volumn 307, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 62-66

  Hand, Steven C ^a   Jones, Dana ^a   Menze, Michael A ^a   Witt, Trudy L ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LATE EMBRYOGENESIS ABUNDANT PROTEIN, PLANT; MESSENGER RNA; PRIMER DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTEMIA; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEHYDRATION; DNA SEQUENCE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ARTEMIA; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DEHYDRATION; DNA PRIMERS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ANIMALIA; ARTEMIA; ARTEMIA FRANCISCANA; ARTHROPODA; CRUSTACEA;

EID: 33847367791     PISSN: 19325223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.a.343     Document Type: Article

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