TITLE:
Heat shock proteins development in different stages of schistocerca gregaria as response to heavy metals intoxication
AUTHORS:
Hesham A. Yousef, Amira Afify, Afaf Abdel Meguid, Hany M. Hassan
KEYWORDS:
Hsps; Hsp70; Heavy Metals; Cd; Pb;S. Gergaria
JOURNAL NAME:
Natural Science,
Vol.3 No.3,
March
31,
2011
ABSTRACT: The induction of heat shock proteins in different stages of S. gergaria exposed to long and short term contamination with heavy metals, Cd and Pb in food was determined, revealing a prominent variable effect in response to the term of exposure and the type of contamination. HSP 70 was specially quantified and characterized to reveal the probability of using HSP as a biomarker for pollution.