Comparative genome sequencing reveals genomic signature of extreme desiccation tolerance in the anhydrobiotic midge

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Gusev, Oleg ^a,b,c   Suetsugu, Yoshitaka ^a   Cornette, Richard ^a   Kawashima, Takeshi ^d   Logacheva, Maria D ^e,f   Kondrashov, Alexey S ^e,g   Penin, Aleksey A ^e,f   Hatanaka, Rie ^a   Kikuta, Shingo ^a   Shimura, Sachiko ^a   Kanamori, Hiroyuki ^a   Katayose, Yuichi ^a   Matsumoto, Takashi ^a   Shagimardanova, Elena ^b   Alexeev, Dmitry ^h   Govorun, Vadim ^h   Wisecaver, Jennifer ⁱ   Mikheyev, Alexander ^d   Koyanagi, Ryo ^d   Fujie, Manabu ^d   Nishiyama, Tomoaki ^j   Shigenobu, Shuji ^k,l   Shibata, Tomoko F ^k   Golygina, Veronika ^m   Hasebe, Mitsuyasu ^k,l   Okuda, Takashi ^a   Satoh, Nori ^d   Kikawada, Takahiro ^a   more..

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b KAZAN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^d OKINAWA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^f INSTITUTE FOR INFORMATION TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS   (Russian Federation)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^h FEDERAL RESEARCH AND CLINICAL CENTER OF PHYSICAL CHEMICAL MEDICINE OF FEDERAL MEDICAL BIOLOGICAL AGENCY   (Russian Federation)

ⁱ VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^k NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^l GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^m INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN; HEMOGLOBIN; MESSENGER RNA; INSECT PROTEIN; METHYLTRANSFERASE; THIOREDOXIN; WATER;

DEHYDRATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; INSECT; LARVA; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NEW RECORD; RNA; SURVIVAL;

ADAPTATION; ANHYDROBIOSIS; ARTICLE; CHIRONOMIDAE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DESICCATION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; GENOME SIZE; NONHUMAN; POLYPEDILUM VANDERPLANKI; TRANSPOSON; WATER LOSS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT CHROMOSOME; INSECT GENOME; LARVA; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS;

CHIRONOMIDAE; HEXAPODA; POLYPEDILUM; POLYPEDILUM NUBIFER;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHROMOSOMES, INSECT; DESICCATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME SIZE; GENOME, INSECT; INSECT PROTEINS; LARVA; METHYLTRANSFERASES; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; THIOREDOXINS; WATER;

EID: 84919651803     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5784     Document Type: Article

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