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Mechanisms of temperature adaptation in poikilotherms
Author(s) -
Guschina Irina A.,
Harwood John L.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
febs letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.593
H-Index - 257
eISSN - 1873-3468
pISSN - 0014-5793
DOI - 10.1016/j.febslet.2006.06.066
Subject(s) - poikilotherm , degree of unsaturation , shock (circulatory) , membrane lipids , adaptation (eye) , heat shock , membrane , chemistry , heat stress , biophysics , starvation , fatty acid , heat shock protein , biochemistry , biology , ecology , chromatography , medicine , endocrinology , neuroscience , zoology , gene
In this short review, we will describe recent results where adaptive lipid changes, as a result of temperature stress, have been found. Mechanisms for bringing about such alterations are discussed, together with the contrasting data for different organisms.
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