Anhydrobiosis : the Curious Case of the Bdelloid Rotifer(Papers presented at the Seminar, "NIAS International Seminar for Cryobiology and Cryotechnology")
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概要
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Leeuwenhoek first described anhydrobiosis in an aquatic microinvertebrate, the bdelloid rotifer, over 300 years ago. Initial studies suggest that the molecular mechanisms of desiccation tolerance in these fascinating animals are different to those in other organisms. Thus, bdelloids lack the non-reducing disaccharide, trehalose, and have atypical LEA proteins, although they do have powerful antioxidation systems. Bdelloids also have a remarkable capacity to acquire foreign genes by horizontal gene transfer, some of which are implicated in anhydrobiosis, suggesting that bdelloid anhydrobiosis might also involve tolerance mechanisms adopted from other organisms.
- 低温生物工学会の論文
- 2013-04-15
著者
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Tunnacliffe Alan
Department of Chemical Engineering & Biotechnology, University of Cambridge
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Wise Michael
School of Biomedical and Chemical Sciences, University of Western Australia
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Crisp Alastair
Department of Chemical Engineering & Biotechnology, University of Cambridge
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Boschetti Chiara
Department of Chemical Engineering & Biotechnology, University of Cambridge
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Micklem Gos
Biology Centre & Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge
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Micklem Gos
Biology Centre & Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge
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Boschetti Chiara
Department of Chemical Engineering & Biotechnology, University of Cambridge