The induction of anhydrobiosis in the sleeping chironomid: Current status of our knowledge

IUBMB Life

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 419-429

  Cornette, Richard ^a   Kikawada, Takahiro ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anhydrobiosis; aquaporins; glass formation; HSP; LEA proteins; oxidative stress; Polypedilum vanderplanki; trehalose

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN; DISACCHARIDE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; TREHALOSE;

ANHYDROBIOSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; BODY MASS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHIRONOMIDAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESICCATION; HYDROPHILICITY; LARVA; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POLYPEDILUM VANDERPLANKI; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; UPREGULATION; WATER FLOW;

CHIRONOMIDAE; HEXAPODA; POLYPEDILUM;

EID: 79959588636     PISSN: 15216543     EISSN: 15216551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/iub.463     Document Type: Review

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