Responses of the bed bug, Cimex lectularius, to temperature extremes and dehydration: Levels of tolerance, rapid cold hardening and expression of heat shock proteins

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 418-425

  Benoit, J B ^a   Lopez Martinez, G ^a   Teets, N M ^a   Phillips, S A ^a   Denlinger, D L ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bed bug; Cold; Dehydration; Heat; Heat shock proteins

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 90; MESSENGER RNA;

ACCLIMATION; COLD TOLERANCE; DEHYDRATION; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; EXTREME EVENT; GENE EXPRESSION; INSECT; PROTEIN; SUPERCOOLING;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CIMEX; COLD; DEHYDRATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; HEAT; METABOLISM; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEDBUGS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; COLD TEMPERATURE; DEHYDRATION; FEMALE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HSP70 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HSP90 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER;

CIMEX; CIMEX LECTULARIUS; CIMICIDAE;

EID: 70450284558     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2009.00832.x     Document Type: Article

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