The ecological genetics of senescence and stress resistance in Caenorhabditis elegans [PDF]
, 2010 Longevity and the rate of senescence are determined by the ecological conditions during a population's recent evolutionary history, and are intrinsically linked to other components of life history and to fitness.
Savory, Fiona Rachel
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Drought resistance of willow short rotation coppice genotypes [PDF]
, 2004 This thesis reports on an investigation of drought resistance of willow SRC genotypes. Experiments were conducted at Silsoe, Bedfordshire, in pots and field trials in 2002 and in lysimeters in 2003 to evaluate the range of water use efficiency (WUE) of ...
Bonneau, Luc Joseph Gabriel
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Lipopolysaccharide, high glucose and saturated fatty acids induce endoplasmic reticulum stress in cultured primary human adipocytes : salicylate alleviates this stress [PDF]
, 2010 Recent findings indicate that endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress is significantly increased in adipose tissue of obese human subjects and is critical to the initiation and integration of pathways of inflammation and insulin action.
Saif Alhusaini +18 more
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A role for sigma factor ?(E) in Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis resistance to nitric oxide/peroxide stress [PDF]
, 2012 Pathogenic intracellular bacteria can respond to antimicrobial mechanisms of the host cell through transient activation of stress-responsive genes by alternative sigma (?) factors of the RNA polymerase.
Scrivens, James H. +37 more
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Mechanisms linking glucotoxicity to the development of insulin resistance: a role for the endoplasmic reticulum stress [PDF]
, 2010 Aims/hypothesis: Glucosamine, generated during hyperglycaemia, causes insulin resistance in different cells. Here we sought to evaluate the possible role of ER stress in the induction of insulin-resistance by glucosamine in skeletal muscle cells. Methods:
Iadicicco, Claudia
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Importance of SigB for Listeria monocytogenes static and continuous flow biofilm formation and disinfectant resistance [PDF]
, 2010 Listeria monocytogenes is a food-borne pathogen that is able to form biofilms in food processing facilities. Biofilms are generally more resistant to antimicrobial agents, making it difficult to eradicate them during cleanup procedures. So far, little is
Veen, S., van der +4 more
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Reduced resistance to oxidative stress during reproduction as a cost of early-life stress [PDF]
, 2015 This study was funded by a BBSRC David Phillips Research Fellowship to K.A. Spencer.Stress exposure during early-life development can have long-term consequences for a variety of biological functions including oxidative stress.
Zimmer, C., Spencer, K.A.
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Distribution of xylem hydraulic resistance in fruiting truss of tomato influenced by water stress [PDF]
, 2003 In this study xylem hydraulic resistances of peduncles (truss stalk), pedicels (fruit stalk) and the future abscission zone (AZ) halfway along the pedicel of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum L.) plants were directly measured at different stages of fruit ...
Ieperen, W., van +2 more
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Pneumococcal Gene Complex Involved in Resistance to Extracellular Oxidative Stress [PDF]
, 2012 Streptococcus pneumoniae is a Gram-positive bacterium which is a member of the normal human nasopharyngeal flora but can also cause serious disease such as pneumonia, bacteremia, and meningitis. Throughout its life cycle, S.
Cecilia A. Hinojosa +19 more
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Arabidopsis HEAT SHOCK TRANSCRIPTION FACTORA1b overexpression enhances water productivity, resistance to drought, and infection [PDF]
, 2013 Heat-stressed crops suffer dehydration, depressed growth, and a consequent decline in water productivity, which is the yield of harvestable product as a function of lifetime water consumption and is a trait associated with plant growth and development ...
Schöffl, F. +46 more
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