The bugs that came in from the cold: Molecular adaptations to low temperatures in insects

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1404-1418

  Doucet, D ^a   Walker, V K ^b   Qin, W ^c  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cold hardening; Freeze avoidance; Freeze tolerance; Insect; Molecular adaptation

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; ANTIFREEZE PROTEIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; COLD SHOCK PROTEIN; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; ENOYL COENZYME A HYDRATASE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 26; ICE NUCLEATOR PROTEIN; POLYOL; SODIUM PROTON EXCHANGE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL DEATH; COLD ACCLIMATIZATION; CRYOPROTECTION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENE ISOLATION; INSECT; INSECT GENETICS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; REVIEW; SURVIVAL;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMALS; ANTIFREEZE PROTEINS; COLD TEMPERATURE; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; INSECTS;

COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 67349206215     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: 15691632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-009-8320-6     Document Type: Review

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