Gene induction by desiccation stress in the entomopathogenic nematode Steinernema carpocapsae reveals parallels with drought tolerance mechanisms in plants

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 763-776

  Tyson, Trevor ^a   Reardon, Wesley ^a   Browne, John A ^a   Burnell, Ann M ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Anhydrobiosis; C type lectin; Desiccation tolerance; EST; Fatty acid desaturase; LEA; Nematode; Steinernema carpocapsae

Indexed keywords

LATE EMBRYOGENIC ABUNDANT PROTEIN; LECTIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

DESICCATION; DROUGHT STRESS; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; NEMATODE; PARASITE; WATER STRESS;

ARTICLE; COLD STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESICCATION; DROUGHT TOLERANCE; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; HEAT STRESS; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSMOTIC STRESS; PLANT; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; STEINERNEMA CARPOCAPSAE; UPREGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DESICCATION; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEMATODA; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; NEMATODA; STEINERNEMA CARPOCAPSAE;

EID: 34247482197     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2006.12.015     Document Type: Article

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