Anhydrobiosis in tardigrades-The last decade

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 577-583

  Wełnicz, Weronika ^a,b   Grohme, Markus A ^a   Kaczmarek, Łukasz ^b   Schill, Ralph O ^c   Frohme, Marcus ^a  

^a University of Applied Sciences Wildau   (Germany)

^b ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anhydrobiosis; DNA damage; Extreme tolerance; Heat shock proteins; Tardigrada; Trehalose

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; ANTIOXIDANT; DEHYDRATION; DNA; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HEAT SHOCK; INVERTEBRATE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SURVIVAL; TOLERANCE;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; DESICCATION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; TARDIGRADA;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DESICCATION; TARDIGRADA;

TARDIGRADA;

EID: 79957496449     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2011.03.019     Document Type: Review

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