Phenotypic acclimation is generally assumed to confer an advantage in the environment that stimulates the response. To test this beneficial acclimation assumption explicitly, we investigated the consequences of temperature acclimation for the fitness of Escherichia coli at two temperatures, 32 ...

Vernalization is the promotion of flowering in response to the prolonged cold of winter. To survive sub-zero winter temperatures, plants must first acclimate to low, non-freezing temperatures (cold acclimation). Induction of VERNALIZATION INSENSITIVE 3 (VIN3), the first gene in the ...

... Significant inductions in Hsp70, Hsp90, and polyubiquitin messenger RNA (mRNA) levels were found for the ambient-acclimated ... C. Molecular probe isolation and Northern analysis Total RNA was isolated...

The role of photoperiod and temperature in the cold acclimation of living Haralson apple (Pyrus malus L.) bark was studied in the autumn under field conditions in Minnesota. Whole trees, or different parts of the same tree, were exposed to either natural conditions, artifically lengthened days, or artificially warmed nights, or they were subjected to ...

Plasticity of the thermoregulatory system is a key factor for the induction of heat acclimation. Temperature-adaptive shifts in gene expression play an essential role in the processes involved. This review attempts to bridge the gap between the classical physiological heat acclimation profile and the ...

Using homologous molecular probes, we examined the influence of equivalent temperature shifts on the in vivo expression of genes coding for a constitutive heat shock protein (Hsc70), heat shock proteins (Hsps) (Hsp70 and Hsp90), and polyubiquitin, after acclimation in the American lobster, Homarus americanus. We acclimated sibling, ...

Using homologous molecular probes, we examined the influence of equivalent temperature shifts on the in vivo expression of genes coding for a constitutive heat shock protein (Hsc70), heat shock proteins (Hsps) (Hsp70 and Hsp90), and polyubiquitin, after acclimation in the American lobster, Homarus americanus. We acclimated sibling, ...

Abstract When resources are limited, there is a trade-off between growth/reproduction and stress defense in plants. Most temperate plant species, including Arabidopsis thaliana, can enhance freezing tolerance through cold acclimation at low but nonfreezing temperatures. Induction of the cold acclimation pathway ...

BackgroundPhotosystem II (PSII) is the most thermally sensitive component of photosynthesis. Thermal acclimation of this complex activity is likely to be critically important to the ability of photosynthetic organisms to tolerate temperature changes in the environment.Methodology/FindingsWe have analysed gene expression using whole-genome microarrays and ...

The capacities of eurythermal ectotherms to withstand wide ranges of temperature are based, in part, on abilities to modulate gene expression as body temperature changes, notably genes encoding proteins of the cellular stress response. Here, using a complementary DNA microarray, we investigated the sequence in which cellular stress response-linked genes ...

... a temperature acclimation mechanism in bacteria: an empirical test of a membrane-mediated trade-off This publication ... a temperature acclimation mechanism in bacteri...

Abstract We examined the relationship between thermal tolerance, measured as critical thermal maximum (CT(max)), and aspects of the heat-shock response in tidepool sculpins (Oligocottus maculosus) acclimated to constant laboratory temperatures or acclimatized to field conditions. The CT(max) of fish laboratory acclimated to 6�, ...

The preferred body temperature was determined for several groups of Sceloporus occidentalis previously acclimated to several constant temperature levels. Acclimation to a high temperature (35 degrees C) resulted in the selection of a lowered mean preferred body temperature, ...

... at their acclimated temperature and at other temperatures at the opposite end of the range they were acclimated to from -1�C up to 8�C. Cardiac output, ...

... at their acclimated temperature and at other temperatures at the opposite end of the range they were acclimated to from -1�C up to 8�C. Cardiac output, ...

The purpose of this study was to assess whether a lymphocyte heat shock response and altered heat tolerance to ex vivo heat shock is evident during acclimation. We aimed to use flow cytometry to assess the CD3(+)CD4(+) T lymphocyte cell subset. We further aimed to induce acclimation using moderately stressful daily exercise-heat exposures to achieve ...