Multiomics study of a heterotardigrade, Echinisicus testudo, suggests the possibility of convergent evolution of abundant heat-soluble proteins in Tardigrada

A new redescription of Richtersius coronifer, supported by transcriptome, provides resources for describing concealed species diversity within the monotypic genus Richtersius (Eutardigrada)

(2020) Daniel Stec et al.   Zoological Letters

Mechanisms of Desiccation Tolerance: Themes and Variations in Brine Shrimp, Roundworms, and Tardigrades

(2020) Jonathan D. Hibshman et al.   Frontiers in Physiology

Protecting activity of desiccated enzymes

(2019) Samantha Piszkiewicz et al.   PROTEIN SCIENCE

Loss of the HIF pathway in a widely distributed intertidal crustacean, the copepodTigriopus californicus

(2019) Allie M. Graham et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Comparative transcriptomics suggest unique molecular adaptations within tardigrade lineages

(2019) Maria Kamilari et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Ultralow Input Genome Sequencing Library Preparation from a Single Tardigrade Specimen

(2018) Yuki Yoshida et al.   Jove-Journal of Visualized Experiments

Multiple genes contribute to anhydrobiosis (tolerance to extreme desiccation) in the nematode Panagrolaimus superbus

(2017) Cláudia Carolina Silva Evangelista et al.   GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Comparative genomics of the tardigrades Hypsibius dujardini and Ramazzottius varieornatus

(2017) Yuki Yoshida et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Comparative Investigation of Copper Tolerance and Identification of Putative Tolerance Related Genes in Tardigrades

(2017) Thomas L. Hygum et al.   Frontiers in Physiology

Liposomes with diverse compositions are protected during desiccation by LEA proteins from Artemia franciscana and trehalose

(2016) Daniel S. Moore et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES

Near-optimal probabilistic RNA-seq quantification

(2016) Nicolas L Bray et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

No evidence for extensive horizontal gene transfer from the draft genome of a tardigrade

(2016) Kazuharu Arakawa   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

No evidence for extensive horizontal gene transfer in the genome of the tardigradeHypsibius dujardini

(2016) Georgios Koutsovoulos et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Osmotic stress tolerance in semi-terrestrial tardigrades

(2016) Nanna W. T. Heidemann et al.   ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Extremotolerant tardigrade genome and improved radiotolerance of human cultured cells by tardigrade-unique protein

(2016) Takuma Hashimoto et al.   Nature Communications

Genome sequencing of a single tardigrade Hypsibius dujardini individual

(2016) Kazuharu Arakawa et al.   Scientific Data

Tolerance to Gamma Radiation in the Marine Heterotardigrade, Echiniscoides sigismundi

(2016) K. Ingemar Jönsson et al.   PLoS One

Faster single-end alignment generation utilizing multi-thread for BWA

(2015) Heeseung Jo et al.   BIO-MEDICAL MATERIALS AND ENGINEERING

BRAKER1: Unsupervised RNA-Seq-Based Genome Annotation with GeneMark-ET and AUGUSTUS: Table 1.

(2015) Katharina J. Hoff et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

BUSCO: assessing genome assembly and annotation completeness with single-copy orthologs

(2015) Felipe A. Simão et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Novel Mitochondria-Targeted Heat-Soluble Proteins Identified in the Anhydrobiotic Tardigrade Improve Osmotic Tolerance of Human Cells

(2015) Sae Tanaka et al.   PLoS One

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

(2015) Koyuki Kondo et al.   PLoS One

The MaSuRCA genome assembler

(2013) Aleksey V. Zimin et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

MAFFT Multiple Sequence Alignment Software Version 7: Improvements in Performance and Usability

(2013) K. Katoh et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Group 1 LEA proteins, an ancestral plant protein group, are also present in other eukaryotes, and in the archeae and bacteria domains

(2013) F. Campos et al.   MOLECULAR GENETICS AND GENOMICS

Identification of a Novel LEA Protein Involved in Freezing Tolerance in Wheat

(2013) Kentaro Sasaki et al.   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

Analysis of DNA Repair and Protection in the Tardigrade Ramazzottius varieornatus and Hypsibius dujardini after Exposure to UVC Radiation

(2013) Daiki D. Horikawa et al.   PLoS One

Molecular Strategies of the Caenorhabditis elegans Dauer Larva to Survive Extreme Desiccation

(2013) Cihan Erkut et al.   PLoS One

Late Embryogenesis Abundant (LEA) proteins in legumes

(2013) Marina Battaglia et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

TopHat2: accurate alignment of transcriptomes in the presence of insertions, deletions and gene fusions

(2013) Daehwan Kim et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY

Two Novel Heat-Soluble Protein Families Abundantly Expressed in an Anhydrobiotic Tardigrade

(2012) Ayami Yamaguchi et al.   PLoS One

Survival in extreme environments - on the current knowledge of adaptations in tardigrades

(2011) N. Møbjerg et al.   Acta Physiologica

LEA Proteins During Water Stress: Not Just for Plants Anymore

(2011) Steven C. Hand et al.   Annual Review of Physiology

The induction of anhydrobiosis in the sleeping chironomid: Current status of our knowledge

(2011) Richard Cornette et al.   IUBMB LIFE

Ultraviolet radiation tolerance in hydrated and desiccated eutardigrades

(2011) Tiziana Altiero et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGICAL SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTIONARY RESEARCH

Extreme stress tolerance in tardigrades: surviving space conditions in low earth orbit

(2011) Dennis Persson et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGICAL SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTIONARY RESEARCH

Molecular Evolution of the Metazoan PHD–HIF Oxygen-Sensing System

(2011) Kalle T. Rytkönen et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Full-length transcriptome assembly from RNA-Seq data without a reference genome

(2011) Manfred G Grabherr et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Trehalose extends longevity in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans

(2010) Yoko Honda et al.   AGING CELL

The Sequence Alignment/Map format and SAMtools

(2009) H. Li et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Tardigrade workbench: comparing stress-related proteins, sequence-similar and functional protein clusters as well as RNA elements in tardigrades

(2009) Frank Förster et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Freeze tolerance, supercooling points and ice formation: comparative studies on the subzero temperature survival of limno-terrestrial tardigrades

(2009) S. Hengherr et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

FastTree: Computing Large Minimum Evolution Trees with Profiles instead of a Distance Matrix

(2009) M. N. Price et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Molecular phylogeny of Arthrotardigrada (Tardigrada)

(2009) Aslak Jørgensen et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

High‐Temperature Tolerance in Anhydrobiotic Tardigrades Is Limited by Glass Transition

(2009) S. Hengherr et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ZOOLOGY

Tardigrades survive exposure to space in low Earth orbit

(2008) K. Ingemar Jönsson et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Vitrification is essential for anhydrobiosis in an African chironomid,Polypedilum vanderplanki

(2008) Minoru Sakurai et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

When cells lose water: Lessons from biophysics and molecular biology

(2008) Julio J. Caramelo et al.   PROGRESS IN BIOPHYSICS & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY