1st Edition

Environmental Stress and Cellular Response in Arthropods

208 Pages
by CRC Press

208 Pages
by CRC Press

208 Pages
by CRC Press

While the subject of environmental stress in animals is broad, the available information is fragmentary and lacks an up-to-date overview and analysis. Environmental Stress and Cellular Response in Arthropods fills these knowledge gaps. Written by three experts from the same institution, the chapters have a consistency not often found in multi-authored or contributed books. The authors describe... Read more
Basal Signal Transduction Systems Involved in Stress Response. The Stress-protein System. The Oxidative Stress Response System. The Metallothionein System. The Mixed Function Oxygenase System. The Role of Cellular Response Systems in Developing Tolerance to Environmental Stress. The Effects of Environmental Stress on Aging and Cell Death. The Integrated Cellular Stress Defense System.

Biography

Korsloot, Andre | van Gestel, Cornelis A. M. | van Straalen, Nico M.