Cold hardening induces transfer of fatty acids between polar and nonpolar lipid pools in the Arctic collembollan Megaphorura arctica

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 135-140

  Purać, Jelena ^a   Pond, David W ^b   Grubor Lajšić, Gordana ^a   Kojić, Danijela ^a   Blagojević, Duško P ^c   Worland, Michael Roger ^b   Clark, Melody S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SAD   (Serbia)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Cold acclimation; Collembola; Cryoprotective dehydration; Homeoviscous adaptation; Nonpolar lipids; Polar lipids; Total lipids

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; COLD TOLERANCE; CRYOBIOLOGY; FATTY ACID; HOMEOSTASIS; INSECT; LOW TEMPERATURE; MEMBRANE; METABOLISM;

ANIMALIA; COLLEMBOLA; ONYCHIURUS ARCTICUS;

EID: 79955876580     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: 13653032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3032.2010.00772.x     Document Type: Article

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