Sugar sweet springtails: On the transcriptional response of Folsomia candida (Collembola) to desiccation stress

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 737-746

  Timmermans, M J T N ^a   Roelofs, D ^a,d,e   Nota, B ^a   Ylstra, B ^b   Holmstrup, M ^c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Desiccation; Folsomia candida; Transcription profiling; Water vapour absorption

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DEHYDRATION; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; HUMIDITY; INSECT; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; DEHYDRATION; DNA PRIMERS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMIDITY; INSECTS; LINEAR MODELS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

CANDIDA; COLLEMBOLA; FOLSOMIA CANDIDA;

EID: 70449476605     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: 13652583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2009.00916.x     Document Type: Article

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