Group 1 LEA proteins contribute to the desiccation and freeze tolerance of Artemia franciscana embryos during diapause

Cell Stress and Chaperones

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 939-948

  Toxopeus, Jantina ^a   Warner, Alden H ^b   MacRae, Thomas H ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brine shrimp; Desiccation tolerance; Freeze tolerance; Intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs); Late embryogenesis abundant (LEA) proteins; RNA interference (RNAi)

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; PROTEIN; WATER;

ADAPTATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTEMIA; COLD; DESICCATION; DRUG EFFECTS; EMBRYOLOGY; FEMALE; FREEZING; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONMAMMALIAN EMBRYO; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ARTEMIA; BASE SEQUENCE; COLD TEMPERATURE; DESICCATION; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FEMALE; FREEZING; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEINS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; WATER;

EID: 84939873612     PISSN: 13558145     EISSN: 14661268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12192-014-0518-3     Document Type: Article

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