HSP70 abundance and antioxidant capacity in feeding and fasting gray seal pups: suckling is associated with higher levels of key cellular defenses.

KA, Bennett; IS, MacMillan; M, Hammill; S, Currie

doi:10.1086/676935

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HSP70 abundance and antioxidant capacity in feeding and fasting gray seal pups: suckling is associated with higher levels of key cellular defenses.

Published in Physiological and biochemical zoology : PBZ • Aug 22, 2014

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Bennett KA

MacMillan IS

Hammill M

Abstract

Heat shock proteins (HSPs) and antioxidants are key cellular defenses against stress. Seals routinely undergo protracted fasting, which is normally associated with physiological stress in other animals. We tested the hypotheses that (1) relative HSP70 protein abundance is higher in liver and blubber...

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