Bioinformatics and protein expression analyses implicate LEA proteins in the drought response of Collembola

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 210-217

  Bahrndorff, Simon ^a,b   Tunnacliffe, Alan ^c   Wise, Michael J ^d   McGee, Brian ^c   Holmstrup, Martin ^a   Loeschcke, Volker ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b Natural History Museum   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chaperones; Desiccation tolerance; Heat shock protein; Late embryogenesis abundant protein; Stress proteins

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; INSECT PROTEIN; LATE EMBRYOGENESIS ABUNDANT PROTEIN, PLANT; PRIMER DNA; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ABUNDANCE; BIOINFORMATICS; DEHYDRATION; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; DROUGHT STRESS; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; HEAT SHOCK; HUMIDITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; INSECT; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN; TOLERANCE;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; DROUGHT; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENETICS; INSECT; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DNA PRIMERS; DROUGHTS; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; HSP70 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; INSECT PROTEINS; INSECTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; CANDIDA; COLLEMBOLA; FOLSOMIA CANDIDA; INVERTEBRATA; ORCHESELLA CINCTA;

EID: 59649091388     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2008.11.010     Document Type: Article

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