| 3. Biotechnology |
| 3f. Molecular biology of stress response in aquatic organisms |
| Aquatic organisms experience wide fluctuations in various environmental factors including dissolved oxygen, pH, salinity and temperature. Extreme variation in environmental factors is thought to be stressful and detrimental to the health of aquatic organisms and in severe cases cause mortalities. In response to environmental stress, aquatic organisms employ a variety of cellular strategies including, but not limited to, expression of a set of stress-responsive proteins as well as alteration of metabolic process to compensate for damages caused by stress. Recent identification of various molecules associated with stress response paved the way for understanding the complex interactions that govern organism responses to environmental stressors. This sub-session summarizes the current knowledge in this field and provides insights for future perspective. |
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