Environmental stress and cellular response in arthropods. (2004)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Andre Korsloot, Cornelis A.M. van Gestel, and Nico M. van Straalen.
• Other Names: Korsloot, Andre; Gestel, Cornelis A. M. van; Straalen, N. M. van
• Contents: Contents Introduction ; What is Stress?; Environmental Stressors; Stress Effects Disturbing Cellular Homeostasis; Stress Defense Systems and Their Response to Stress; Scope and Purpose of this Book; Basal signal transduction systems involved in stress response ; Introduction; Two Major Second Messenger Systems: cAMP and Ca 2+; The MAPK Cascade The stress-protein system ; Introduction; Types, Structures, and Functions of Stress Proteins; Gene Expression, Posttranscriptional, and Translational Regulation of Stress Proteins; The oxidative stress response system; Introduction; Cellular Response to Reactive Oxygen Species The Metallothionein System ; Introduction; Properties and Types of Metallothionein; Regulation of Metallothionein; Heavy Metal Stress; The mixed-function oxygenase system; Introduction; Description of the Mixed-Function Oxygenase System; The Mixed-Function Oxygenase System in Insects; Degradation of Xenobiotics in Insects; The role of cellular response systems in developing tolerance to environmental stress; Introduction; Thermotolerance in Insect Species; The Effects of Environmental Stress on Aging and Cell Death; Introduction; Effects of Environmental Stress on Aging; Cell Death by Environmental Stress; The integrated cellular stress defense system; Introduction; Specific Characteristics of the Individual Systems; Important Stress Effects; Cooperation and Integration of Systems; The Central Hypothesis Summary ; Abbreviations; References
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2004
• Extent: 1 online resource (197 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 571.9/5; Stress (Physiology); Pathology, Molecular; Arthropoda; Soil pollution; Arthropods; Cell Physiological Phenomena; Environmental Exposure; Stress, Physiological -- physiopathology; SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Anatomy & Physiology; Arthropoda; Pathology, Molecular; Soil pollution; Stress (Physiology); Leddjur; Markföroreningar; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1420023330; 9781420023336
• Related ISBNs: 0415328861; 9780415328869
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.