The influence of microgravity on Euglena gracilis as studied on Shenzhou 8

Plant Biology

Volumn 16, Issue SUPPL.1, 2014, Pages 113-119

  Nasir, A ^a   Strauch, S M ^a   Becker, I ^a   Sperling, A ^a   Schuster, M ^a   Richter, P R ^a   Weisskopf M ^a   Ntefidou, M ^a   Daiker, V ^a   An, Y A ^b   Li, X Y ^b   Liu, Y D ^b   Lebert, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Euglena gracilis; Gene expression; Microgravity; QPCR; Space flight; Unicellular flagellate

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLAGELLATE; GENE EXPRESSION; GRAVITY FIELD; SPACECRAFT;

EUGLENA; EUGLENA GRACILIS; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES);

PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CYTOLOGY; EUGLENA GRACILIS; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROGRAVITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; QPCR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPACE FLIGHT; UNICELLULAR FLAGELLATE; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

EUGLENA GRACILIS; GENE EXPRESSION; MICROGRAVITY; QPCR; SPACE FLIGHT; UNICELLULAR FLAGELLATE;

CELL CYCLE; EUGLENA GRACILIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, PROTOZOAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPACE FLIGHT; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

EID: 84890963216     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: 14388677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/plb.12067     Document Type: Article

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