Genome-Wide Identification, Characterization and Expression Analyses of Heat Shock Protein-Related Genes in a Highly Invasive Ascidian Ciona savignyi.

ABSTRACT: Biological response to rapid changing environments is an outstanding research question in ecology and evolution. Biological invasions provide excellent "natural" experiments to study such a complex response process, as invaders often encounter rapidly changing environments during biological invasions. The regulation of heat shock proteins (Hsp) is a common pathway responsible for various environmental stresses; however, the comprehensive study on Hsp system across the whole genome and potential roles in determining invasion success are still largely unexplored. Here, we used a marine invasive model ascidian, Ciona savignyi, to investigate transcriptional response of Hsp-related genes to harsh environments. We identified 32 genes, including three Hsp20, six Hsp40, ten Hsp60, eight Hs

SUBMITTER: Huang X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6079275 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature