Genetic analysis of sensitivity to temperature fluctuations identifies acclimation stress as a novel type of cellular stress in Caenorhabditis elegans.

Abstract excerpt

All organisms must quickly acclimate to short-term environmental temperature changes to maintain optimal physiology. Temperature excursions far from the optimum lead to heat- or cold-shock responses, which have been extensively studied. We hypothesized that, even within a physiological range of temperature whose extremes are not stressful by themselves, the need for constant adjustment to frequent temperature...

Topics

• Animals
• Caenorhabditis elegans
• Acclimatization
• Stress, Physiological
• Temperature
• Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins