Low heat shock thresholds in wild Antarctic inter-tidal limpets (Nacella concinna)

• Published in: Cell Stress and Chaperones
• Main Authors: Clark, Melody S., Geissler, Paul, Waller, Catherine, Fraser, Keiron P. P., Barnes, David K. A., Peck, Lloyd S.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Netherlands 2008
• Subjects: Original Paper; Antarctic; Nacella; Rothera; Rothera Point; South Cove; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2666219; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18347941; https://doi.org/10.1007/s12192-008-0015-7

Heat shock proteins (HSPs) are a family of genes classically used to measure levels of organism stress. We have previously identified two HSP70 genes (HSP70A and HSP70B) in sub-tidal populations of the Antarctic limpet (Nacella concinna). These genes are up-regulated in response to increased seawate...