Expression of genes involved in energy mobilization and osmoprotectant synthesis during thermal and dehydration stress in the Antarctic midge, Belgica antarctica

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 183, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 189-201

  Teets, Nicholas M ^a   Kawarasaki, Yuta ^b   Lee, Richard E ^b   Denlinger, David L ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctic midge; Dehydration stress; Freeze tolerance; Gluconeogenesis; Trehalose

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873242216     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-012-0707-2     Document Type: Article

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