Late Embryogenesis Abundant (LEA) proteins in nondesiccated, encysted, and diapausing embryos of rotifers

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 714-724

  Denekamp, Nadav Y ^a   Reinhardt, Richard ^b   Kube, Michael ^b   Lubzens, Esther ^a  

^a ISRAEL OCEANOGRAPHIC AND LIMNOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Developmentally programmed; Diapause; Dormancy; Embryo; Encysted diapausing embryos; Gamete biology; LEA proteins; Resting eggs; Rotifers

Indexed keywords

LATE EMBRYOGENESIS ABUNDANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTIFERA; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DESICCATION; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEINS; ROTIFERA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ANIMALIA; BRACHIONUS PLICATILIS; ROTIFERA;

EID: 77953848242     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.109.081091     Document Type: Article

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