Acquisition of freeze protection in a sea-ice crustacean through horizontal gene transfer?

Polar Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 543-556

  Kiko, Rainer ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antifreeze protein; Ice binding protein; In situ hybridization; Lateral gene transfer; Paralabidocera antarctica; Stephos longipes; Sympagic meiofauna

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BRINE; CRUSTACEAN; DIATOM; FREEZE TOLERANCE; FUNGUS; GENE TRANSFER; HYBRIDIZATION; HYSTERESIS; METAZOAN; MICROHABITAT; PROTEIN; SALINITY; SEA ICE;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CALANOIDA; COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA; METAZOA; PARALABIDOCERA ANTARCTICA; STEPHOS LONGIPES;

EID: 77952430130     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-009-0732-0     Document Type: Article

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