Establishment of gene transfer and gene silencing methods in a desiccation-tolerant cell line, Pv11

Air-dried cells from the anhydrobiotic insect, Polypedilum vanderplanki, can survive long term preservation at room temperature and retain proliferation potential after rehydration

(2016) Kazuyo Watanabe et al.   CRYOBIOLOGY

Comparative genome sequencing reveals genomic signature of extreme desiccation tolerance in the anhydrobiotic midge

(2014) Oleg Gusev et al.   Nature Communications

An abundant LEA protein in the anhydrobiotic midge, PvLEA4, acts as a molecular shield by limiting growth of aggregating protein particles

(2013) Rie Hatanaka et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Late embryogenesis abundant proteins protect human hepatoma cells during acute desiccation

(2012) S. Li et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Trehalose Renders the Dauer Larva of Caenorhabditis elegans Resistant to Extreme Desiccation

(2011) Cihan Erkut et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Identification of Anhydrobiosis-related Genes from an Expressed Sequence Tag Database in the Cryptobiotic MidgePolypedilum vanderplanki(Diptera; Chironomidae)

(2010) Richard Cornette et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Desiccation-Induced Structuralization and Glass Formation of Group 3 Late Embryogenesis Abundant Protein Model Peptides

(2009) Tempei Shimizu et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

siDirect 2.0: updated software for designing functional siRNA with reduced seed-dependent off-target effect

(2009) Yuki Naito et al.   BMC BIOINFORMATICS

Cells from an anhydrobiotic chironomid survive almost complete desiccation

(2009) Yuichi Nakahara et al.   CRYOBIOLOGY

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