Effect of slow desiccation and freezing on gene transcription and stress survival of an Antarctic nematode

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1803-1812

  Adhikari, Bishwo N ^a   Wall, Diana H ^b   Adams, Byron J ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Anhydrobiosis; Desiccation; Freezing; Plectus murrayi; Pretreatment; Quantitative real time PCR; Transcription

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DESICCATION; FREEZING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; NEMATODE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; DESICCATION; FREEZING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NEMATODA; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA; NEMATODA; PLECTUS ANTARCTICUS;

EID: 77952725426     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.032268     Document Type: Article

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