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Beyond the lipid hypothesis: mechanisms underlying phenotypic plasticity in inducible cold tolerance.
Advances in experimental medicine and biology - 1 Jan 2007
Hayward Scott A L, Murray Patricia A, Gracey Andrew Y, Cossins Andrew R
Abstract excerpt
The physiological adjustment of organisms in response to temperature variation is a crucial part of coping with environmental stress. An important component of the cold response is the increase in membrane lipid unsaturation, and this has been linked to an enhanced resistance to the debilitating or lethal effects of cold. Underpinning the lipid response is the upregulation of fatty acid desaturases (des),...
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