Early Transcriptomic response of coral larvae to hyperthermal stress

ABSTRACT: In this study, we examined the very early transcriptional response of aposymbiotic coral larval host (still not engaged in symbiosis) to hyperthermal stress. This experimental setting provided a scenario and opportunity to study the direct effect of environmental stressors on the host cell per se. Using a cDNA microarray constructed for Acropora millepora and Q-RT-PCR assays, we identified a number of genes that were significantly up- and down-regulated with increase of seawater temperature. Down-regulation of several key component of DNA/RNA metabolism was detected implying inhibition of this cellular metabolic process, however the down-regulation of overall protein synthesis was not simple and random, which suggest that the response to stress is a more complicated adjustment to the me

ORGANISM(S): Acropora millepora

SUBMITTER: Saki Harii 

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-16351 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress