Environmental stress and cellular response in arthropods / by andre Korsloot ... [et al.]. -- CRC Press, 2004. -- (59.185/K84)

Contents:

1. Introduction  1

2. Basal signal transduction systems involoed in stress response  13

3. The stress-protein system  19

4. The oxidative response system

5. The merallothionein system  77

6. The mixed-function oxygenase system  89

7. The role of cellular response systems in developing tolerance to environmental stress  99

8. The effects of environmental stress on aging and cell death  119

9. The integrated cellular stress defense system  145

10 Summary  153