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dc.creatorContreras-Porcia,Loretto
dc.creatorLópez-Cristoffanini,Camilo
dc.creatorLovazzano,Carlos
dc.creatorFlores-Molina,María Rosa
dc.creatorThomas,Daniela
dc.creatorNúñez,Alejandra
dc.creatorFierro,Camila
dc.creatorGuajardo,Eduardo
dc.creatorCorrea,Juan A
dc.creatorKube,Michael
dc.creatorReinhardt,Richard
dc.date2013-11-01
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-03T13:27:30Z
dc.date.available2019-05-03T13:27:30Z
dc.identifierhttps://scielo.conicyt.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-560X2013000500013
dc.identifier.urihttp://revistaschilenas.uchile.cl/handle/2250/87938
dc.descriptionIn rocky shores, desiccation is triggered by daily tide changes, and experimental evidence suggests that local distribution of algal species across the intertidal rocky zone is related to their capacity to tolerate desiccation. In this context, the permanence of Pyropia columbina in the high intertidal rocky zone is explained by its exceptional physiological tolerance to desiccation. This study explored the metabolic pathways involved in tolerance to desiccation in the Chilean P. columbina, by characterizing its transcriptome under contrasting conditions of hydration. We obtained 1,410 ESTs from two subtracted cDNA libraries in naturally hydrated and desiccated fronds. Results indicate that transcriptome from both libraries contain transcripts from diverse metabolic pathways related to tolerance. Among the transcripts differentially expressed, 15% appears involved in protein synthesis, processing and degradation, 14.4% are related to photosynthesis and chloroplast, 13.1% to respiration and mitochondrial function (NADH dehydrogenase and cytochrome c oxidase proteins), 10.6% to cell wall metabolism, and 7.5% are involved in antioxidant activity, chaperone and defense factors (catalase, thioredoxin, heat shock proteins, cytochrome P450). Both libraries highlight the presence of genes/proteins never described before in algae. This information provides the first molecular work regarding desiccation tolerance in P. columbina, and helps, to some extent, explaining the classical patterns of ecological distribution described for algae across the intertidal zone.
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dc.languageen
dc.publisherPontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso. Facultad de Recursos Naturales. Escuela de Ciencias del Mar
dc.relation103856/vol41-issue5-fulltext-13
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.sourceLatin american journal of aquatic research v.41 n.5 2013
dc.subjectPyropia
dc.subjectdesiccation stress
dc.subjectESTs
dc.subjectseaweeds
dc.subjecttranscriptomics
dc.subjectproteins
dc.titleDifferential gene expression in Pyropia columbina (Bangiales, Rhodophyta) under natural hydration and desiccation conditions


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