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A deadly aquatic organism threatens to unleash a devastating plague in the coastal waters of the U.S. In the fishing grounds off North Carolina, the evidence mounts. Yet health department officials are unable to identify the cause--until a young scientist, Dr. JoAnn Burkholder, dedicates herself to the investigation of the cell-like creature before a catastrophic epidemic erupts ..
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The aim of this volume in the British Micropalaeontological Society (BMS) Occasional Publication Series is to review the present state of knowledge concerning the stratigraphic distribution of dinoflagellate cysts in British sediments. Since the BMS Series in 1978, it has been obvious that a gap has existed in its range. The principle reasons for the lack of a dinoflagellate cyst volume is that the intensive study of these microfossils is relatively new to geological science (relative to the levels of maturity reached in foraminiferal and ostracod studies, for example). This volume seeks to fill this gap, covering dinoflaggellate cysts of the Triassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous, Tertiary and Quaternary System..
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This digital document is a journal article from Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part C, published by Elsevier in 2004. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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This study identifies stress proteins and antioxidant enzymes that may play a role in the survival strategies of the Florida red tide dinoflagellate, Karenia brevis. Heat shock protein 60 (Hsp 60), mitochondrial small heat shock protein (mitosHsp), chloroplastic small heat shock protein (chlsHsp), Mn superoxide dismutase (SOD), and Fe SOD were first identified by Western blotting. The induction of these proteins in laboratory cultures in response to elevated temperatures, hydrogen peroxide, lead, or elevated light intensities was next assessed. In parallel, F"V/F"M, a measurement of photosynthetic efficiency and common proxy of cellular stress, was determined. Hsp 60, Fe SOD, and Mn SOD were induced following exposure to elevated temperatures, hydrogen peroxide, or lead. MitosHsp responded only to heat, whereas chlsHsp responded only to H"2O"2-induced stress. The expression of stress proteins and antioxidant enzymes appears to be a more sensitive indicator of heat or chemically induced stresses than F"V/F"M. However, F"V/F"M decreased significantly in response to elevated light intensities that did not induce the expression of stress proteins. These results identify for the first time stress proteins and antioxidant enzymes in K. brevis, provide evidence for differential sensitivity of cellular organelles to various sources of stress, and confirm the presence of conserved stress responses observed across phyla in a dinoflagellate. .
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