Regulation of apoptotic mediators reveals dynamic responses to thermal stress in the reef building coral acropora millepora

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Pernice, Mathieu ^a,b   Dunn, Simon R ^a   Miard, Thomas ^a   Dufour, Sylvie ^b   Dove, Sophie ^a   Hoegh Guldberg, Ove ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; COLCHICINE; PROTEIN BAK; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEINASE;

ACROPORA MILLEPORA; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL; CORAL REEF; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SYMBIOSIS; TEMPERATURE STRESS; UPREGULATION; ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; BIOSYNTHESIS; DINOFLAGELLATE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACROPORA MILLEPORA; ANTHOZOA; DINOPHYCEAE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; APOPTOSIS; CASPASE 3; CORAL REEFS; DINOFLAGELLIDA; DNA FRAGMENTATION; GLOBAL WARMING; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 79551540171     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016095     Document Type: Article

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