Stress and death of cnidarian host cells play a role in cnidarian bleaching

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 216, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 2813-2820

  Paxton, Camille W ^a   Davy, Simon K ^b   Weis, Virginia M ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Aiptasia; Apoptosis; Cnidaria; Coral bleaching; Innate immunity; Symbiodinium; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

CASPASE; COLCHICINE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SYTOX GREEN;

AIPTASIA; ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL DEATH; CELL SEPARATION; CNIDARIA; CORAL BLEACHING; CYTOLOGY; DINOFLAGELLATE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; HEAT SHOCK RESPONSE; INNATE IMMUNITY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEA ANEMONE; SYMBIODINIUM; SYMBIOSIS; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

AIPTASIA; APOPTOSIS; CNIDARIA; CORAL BLEACHING; INNATE IMMUNITY; SYMBIODINIUM; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; CASPASES; CELL DEATH; CELL SEPARATION; CNIDARIA; COLCHICINE; DINOFLAGELLIDA; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SEA ANEMONES; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SYMBIOSIS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84881172592     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.087858     Document Type: Article

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