Extremotolerant tardigrade genome and improved radiotolerance of human cultured cells by tardigrade-unique protein

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Hashimoto, Takuma ^a   Horikawa, Daiki D ^a,b,c   Saito, Yuki ^a   Kuwahara, Hirokazu ^a,d   Kozuka Hata, Hiroko ^a   Shin I, Tadasu ^e   Minakuchi, Yohei ^e   Ohishi, Kazuko ^e   Motoyama, Ayuko ^e   Aizu, Tomoyuki ^e   Enomoto, Atsushi ^f   Kondo, Koyuki ^a   Tanaka, Sae ^a   Hara, Yuichiro ^g   Koshikawa, Shigeyuki ^b,h   Sagara, Hiroshi ^a   Miura, Toru ^b   Yokobori, Shin Ichi ⁱ   Miyagawa, Kiyoshi ^f   Suzuki, Yutaka ^a   Kubo, Takeo ^a   Oyama, Masaaki ^a   Kohara, Yuji ^e   Fujiyama, Asao ^e,j   Arakawa, Kazuharu ^c   Katayama, Toshiaki ^k   Toyoda, Atsushi ^e   Kunieda, Takekazu ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^g RIKEN   (Japan)

^h KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁱ TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Japan)

^j GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^k Database Center for Life Science   (Japan)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ORGANISM; CELLS AND CELL COMPONENTS; DEHYDRATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PROTEIN; STRESS RESISTANCE; TOLERANCE;

ANIMALIA; RAMAZZOTTIUS; TARDIGRADA;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; DNA DAMAGE; GENETICS; GENOME; HEK293 CELL LINE; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; PEROXISOME; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; TARDIGRADA; X RAY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; DNA DAMAGE; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENOME; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; PEROXISOMES; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TARDIGRADA; X-RAYS;

EID: 84988452008     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms12808     Document Type: Article

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