Microgravity simulation by diamagnetic levitation: Effects of a strong gradient magnetic field on the transcriptional profile of Drosophila melanogaster

BMC Genomics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Herranz, Raul ^a,b   Larkin, Oliver J ^c   Dijkstra, Camelia E ^c   Hill, Richard J A ^c   Anthony, Paul ^c   Davey, Michael R ^c   Eaves, Laurence ^c   van Loon, Jack J W A ^d   Medina, F Javier ^a   Marco, Roberto ^b  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN;

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTHROPOD LARVA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAMAGNETIC LEVITATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENERAL DEVICE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IMAGO; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INSECT DEVELOPMENT; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MICROGRAVITY; NONHUMAN; RANDOM POSITIONING MACHINE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIMULATION; STRESS; SUPERCONDUCTOR; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; WEIGHTLESSNESS; ANIMAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; LARVA; METABOLISM;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

ANIMALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; LARVA; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MALE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; WEIGHTLESSNESS SIMULATION;

EID: 84856373213     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-13-52     Document Type: Article

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