Population variability in heat shock proteins among three Antarctic penguin species

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Barbosa, Andrés, Merino, Santiago, Benzal, Jesús, Martínez, Javier, García-Fraile, Sonia
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2007
• Subjects: Antarctica; Ecophysiology; Environmental gradient; Heat shock protein; Pygoscelis adeliae; Pygoscelis antarctica; Pygoscelis papua; Stress; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Avian Island; King George Island; The Antarctic; Adelie penguin; Antarc*; Chinstrap penguin; Gentoo penguin; Polar Biology
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/8870; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-007-0284-0

Heat shock proteins (HSPs) are synthesised under stressful conditions such as exposure to elevated temperatures, contamination, free radicals, UV light or pathophysiological states resulting from parasites and/or pathogens. HSPs function to protect cells by means of modulation of protein folding. In...