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Expression profiles of 14 small heat shock protein (sHSP) transcripts during larval diapause and under thermal stress in the spruce budworm, Choristoneura fumiferana (L.). 2018. Quan, G.; Duan, J.; Fick, W.; Kyei-Poku, G.; Candau, J.-N. Cell Stress Chaperones:10.1007/s12192-018-0931-0.
Year: 2018
Issued by: Great Lakes Forestry Centre
Catalog ID: 39357
Language: English
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DOI: 10.1007/s12192-018-0931-0
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Plain Language Summary
Diapause is an important strategy for certain insect species to survive unfavorable environmental conditions, including low temperatures experienced when they overwinter in cold climate. Many studies have indicated that the increased expression of heat shock proteins during diapause improves the thermal tolerance of insects. However, the relationship between small heat shock proteins (sHSPs) and diapause is not clear or well-researched. In this study, we investigated the transcript levels of 14 sHSP genes in the spruce budworm, Choristoneura fumiferana, a major pest of spruce and fir in Canada, during pre-diapause, diapause, and post-diapause under normal rearing conditions and in response to a heat shock treatment.. These complex expression profiles lead us to suggest that most of the sHSP genes are involved in the diapause process and that they may have multiple and important roles in different phases of this process.
