Expression profiling and cross-species RNA interference (RNAi) of desiccation-induced transcripts in the anhydrobiotic nematode Aphelenchus avenae

BMC Molecular Biology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Reardon, Wesley ^a   Chakrabortee, Sohini ^b   Pereira, Tiago C ^b,c   Tyson, Trevor ^a   Banton, Matthew C ^b   Dolan, Katharine M ^a,d   Culleton, Bridget A ^a   Wise, Michael J ^e   Burnell, Ann M ^a   Tunnacliffe, Alan ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d Applied Biosystems   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; COLLAGEN; DJ 1 PROTEIN; DUAL SPECIFICITY PHOSPHATASE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP PROTEIN; ION CHANNEL; LATE EMBRYOGENESIS ABUNDANT PROTEIN; LECTIN; POLYGALACTURONASE; PREALBUMIN; PROTEIN 14 3 3; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; RING FINGER PROTEIN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; SPHINGOLIPID ACTIVATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTOME; TROPOMYOSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ANHYDROBIOSIS; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APHELENCHUS AVENAE; ARTICLE; COLD STRESS; DESICCATION; EVAPORATION; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEAT STRESS; HUMIDITY; HYDROPHILICITY; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSMOTIC STRESS; PROTEIN FAMILY; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UPREGULATION; WATER LOSS; WATER STRESS; ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

APHELENCHUS AVENAE; METAZOA; PANAGROLAIMUS SUPERBUS;

ANIMALS; DATABASES, GENETIC; DESICCATION; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; NEMATODA; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 77349118476     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2199-11-6     Document Type: Article

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