ABSTRACT

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 mult

chapter Chapter 1|11 pages

Introduction

chapter Chapter 3|40 pages

The stress-protein system

chapter Chapter 4|18 pages

The oxidative stress response system

chapter Chapter 5|12 pages

The metallothionein system

chapter Chapter 6|10 pages

The mixed-function oxygenase system

chapter Chapter 9|9 pages

The integrated cellular stress defense system

chapter Chapter 10|8 pages

Summary