Host autophagic degradation and associated symbiont loss in response to heat stress in the symbiotic anemone, Aiptasia pallida

Invertebrate Biology

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 95-107

  Hanes, Shanna D ^a   Kempf, Stephen C ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autophagy; Cell death; Coral bleaching; Symbiodinium; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

ACTINIARIA; AIPTASIA PALLIDA; ANEMONE; ANTHOZOA; CNIDARIA; DINOPHYCEAE; SYMBIODINIUM; SYMBIODINIUM SP.;

EID: 84878800365     PISSN: 10778306     EISSN: 17447410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ivb.12018     Document Type: Article

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