Suggested Involvement of PP1/PP2A Activity and De Novo Gene Expression in Anhydrobiotic Survival in a Tardigrade, Hypsibius dujardini, by Chemical Genetic Approach

Koyuki Kondo; Takeo Kubo; Takekazu Kunieda

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0144803

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Suggested Involvement of PP1/PP2A Activity and De Novo Gene Expression in Anhydrobiotic Survival in a Tardigrade, Hypsibius dujardini, by Chemical Genetic Approach

Koyuki Kondo,

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113–0033, Japan
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Takeo Kubo,

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113–0033, Japan
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Takekazu Kunieda

* E-mail: kunieda@bs.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113–0033, Japan
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Suggested Involvement of PP1/PP2A Activity and De Novo Gene Expression in Anhydrobiotic Survival in a Tardigrade, Hypsibius dujardini, by Chemical Genetic Approach

Koyuki Kondo,
Takeo Kubo,
Takekazu Kunieda

Published: December 21, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0144803

About the Authors

Koyuki Kondo

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113–0033, Japan

Takeo Kubo

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113–0033, Japan

Takekazu Kunieda

* E-mail: kunieda@bs.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113–0033, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KK T. Kubo T. Kunieda. Performed the experiments: KK. Analyzed the data: KK T. Kunieda. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KK. Wrote the paper: KK T. Kunieda.

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