Environmental Stress and Cellular Response in Arthropods / Edition 1

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

Overview

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 environmental stress in arthropods, specifically Drosophila and analyze the process in all its aspects, from biochemical mechanisms to effects on the whole organism.

Incorporating new information that has become available in recent years, the authors explore hypotheses about the integrated response these systems often have. They explore topics ranging from disturbance of homeostasis, changes in metabolic processes, damage of cellular structures to acquired tolerance, effects on aging processes, and survival and cell death. By analyzing all these aspects in detail at the molecular, biochemical, and physiological level of the cell, the authors give you a thorough look at the relationship between an organism and its environment at the cellular level.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415328869
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	03/29/2004
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

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

Table of Contents

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.

Editorial Reviews

… cover the effects of and responses to challenges fro the environment at the cellular level. … Overall, the authors make a great effort to provide a complete introduction for all researchers interested in cellular stress responses. …”
— Jesper G. Sorensen, Genetics & Ecology, University of Aarhus, Denmark, in The Quarterly Review of Biology, Vol. 82, No. 1, March 2007
“…provides those undertaking toxicogenomics studies with a working outline for the identification of common transcriptional responses, as well as unique responses associated with particular exposures. … a valuable contribution to the stress response literature.”
— British Toxicology Society Newsletter, Winter 2004, Issue 25

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