Dehydration-specific induction of hydrophilic protein genes in the anhydrobiotic nematode Aphelenchus avenae

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 966-975

  Browne, John A ^a   Dolan, Katharine M ^a   Tyson, Trevor ^a   Goyal, Kshamata ^b   Tunnacliffe, Alan ^b   Burnell, Ann M ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTAREDOXIN; LATE EMBRYOGENESIS ABUNDANT PROTEIN, PLANT; MESSENGER RNA; OXIDOREDUCTASE; TREHALOSE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; WATER;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CHEMISTRY; DEHYDRATION; DESICCATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEMATODE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; DEHYDRATION; DESICCATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEMATODA; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RNA, MESSENGER; TREHALOSE; WATER;

ANIMALIA; APHELENCHUS AVENAE; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 4143088129     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.3.4.966-975.2004     Document Type: Article

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