TY - JOUR
T1 - A transcriptome resource for Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba Dana) exposed to short-term stress
AU - Martins, Maria João F
AU - Lago-Leston, Asuncion
AU - Anjos, Antonio
AU - Duarte, Carlos M.
AU - Agusti, Susana
AU - Serrão, Ester A.
AU - Pearson, Gareth A
N1 - KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2020-10-01
Acknowledgements: Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitivity[POL2006-00550/CTM]
PY - 2015/10
Y1 - 2015/10
N2 - Euphausia superba is a keystone species in Antarctic food webs. However, the continued decrease in stock density raises concerns over the resilience and adaptive potential of krill to withstand the current rate of environmental change. We undertook a transcriptome-scale approach (454 pyrosequencing) as a baseline for future studies addressing the physiological response of krill to short-term food shortage and natural UV-B stress. The final assembly resulted in a total of 26,415 contigs, 39.8% of which were putatively annotated. Exploratory analyses indicate an overall reduction in protein synthesis under food shortage while UV stress resulted in the activation of photo-protective mechanisms. © 2015.
AB - Euphausia superba is a keystone species in Antarctic food webs. However, the continued decrease in stock density raises concerns over the resilience and adaptive potential of krill to withstand the current rate of environmental change. We undertook a transcriptome-scale approach (454 pyrosequencing) as a baseline for future studies addressing the physiological response of krill to short-term food shortage and natural UV-B stress. The final assembly resulted in a total of 26,415 contigs, 39.8% of which were putatively annotated. Exploratory analyses indicate an overall reduction in protein synthesis under food shortage while UV stress resulted in the activation of photo-protective mechanisms. © 2015.
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10754/594112
UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1874778715000744
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84941733492&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.margen.2015.04.008
DO - 10.1016/j.margen.2015.04.008
M3 - Article
C2 - 25957695
SN - 1874-7787
VL - 23
SP - 45
EP - 47
JO - Marine Genomics
JF - Marine Genomics
ER -