Adapt or avoid

Elife. 2016 Feb 23:5:e14345. doi: 10.7554/eLife.14345.

Author

Ganesh K Kumar¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, United States.

Abstract

An enzyme called p38 MAP kinase helps nematodes to adapt to low-oxygen environments, and also to escape from them.

Keywords: c. elegans; cell biology; glutamate; hypoxia; membrane transport; neuroscience; signal transduction; synapse.

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MeSH terms

Enzyme Activation
Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / metabolism
Oxygen
Signal Transduction*
p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / metabolism*

Substances

Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases
p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases
Oxygen