Algal symbiont type affects gene expression in juveniles of the coral Acropora tenuis exposed to thermal stress

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 76, Issue , 2012, Pages 41-47

  Yuyama, Ikuko ^a,b   Harii, Saki ^a   Hidaka, Michio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acropora tenuis; Coral; Fluorescent protein; Gene expression; Larvae; Symbiodinium; Symbiosis; Thermal stress

Indexed keywords

ACROPORA; CORAL; FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; LARVAE; SYMBIODINIUM; SYMBIOSIS;

FLUORESCENCE; KETONES; ORGANIC ACIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEINS; THERMAL STRESS;

GENE EXPRESSION;

CORAL; DINOFLAGELLATE; GENE EXPRESSION; JUVENILE; LARVA; SYMBIONT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ACROPORA TENUIS; ARTICLE; CLADISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL; DINOFLAGELLATE; DOWN REGULATION; FLUORESCENCE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOTYPE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXIDATIVE STRESS RESPONSIVE PROTEIN GENE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOLUTE CARRIER FAMILY 23 GENE; SYMBIODINIUM; SYMBIONT; SYMBIOSIS; TEMPERATURE STRESS; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; DINOFLAGELLIDA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOT TEMPERATURE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SYMBIOSIS;

ACROPORA TENUIS; ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; DINOPHYCEAE; SYMBIODINIUM;

EID: 84858996827     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: 18790291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2011.09.004     Document Type: Article

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