Gene expression associated with changes in cold tolerance levels of the Antarctic springtail, Cryptopygus antarcticus

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 113-120

  Burns, G ^a   Thorne, M A S ^a   Hillyard, G ^a   Clark, M S ^a   Convey, P ^a   Worland, M R ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cold tolerance; Collembolan; Environmental; Genomics; Microarray

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATIZATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANTARCTICA; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; COLD; COLD CLIMATE; DNA MICROARRAY; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; ARTHROPODS; COLD CLIMATE; COLD TEMPERATURE; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; COLLEMBOLA; CRYPTOPYGUS ANTARCTICUS; ISOTOMIDAE;

EID: 73649099205     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: 13652583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2009.00953.x     Document Type: Article

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