Storey lab research on Estivation in Spadefoot toads, Scaphiopus couchii

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Review articles

Storey, K.B. and Storey, J.M. 2010. Metabolic regulation and gene expression during aestivation.  In: Aestivation: Molecular and Physiological Aspects. (Navas, C.A. and. Carvalho, J.E., eds), Progress in Molecular and Subcellular Biology, Springer, Heidelberg, Vol. 49, pp.25-45.   DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-02421-4_2 Abstract

Storey, K.B. and Storey, J.M. 2004. Metabolic rate depression in animals: transcriptional and translational controls. Biol. Rev. 79, 207-233.  PDF

Storey, K.B. 2002. Life in the slow lane: molecular mechanisms of estivation. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. A 133, 733-754. PDF

Storey, K.B. 2001. Turning down the fires of life: metabolic regulation of hibernation and estivation. In: Molecular Mechanisms of Metabolic Arrest (Storey, K.B., ed.) BIOS Scientific Publishers, pp. 1-21. Manuscript PDF, 168 KB * Book Chapter PDF, 1.2 MB

Journal articles

Cowan, K.J. and Storey, K.B. 2002. Urea and KCl have differential effects on enzyme activities in liver and muscle of estivating versus non-estivating species. Biochem. Cell Biol. 80, 745-755. Abstract,   PDF

Cowan, K.J. and Storey, K.B. 2001. Tyrosine kinases and phosphatases in the estivating spadefoot toad. Cell Physiol. Biochem. 11, 161-172. Abstract,   PDF

Stewart, J.M., Claude, J.F., MacDonald, J.A. and Storey, K.B. 2000. Adaptations of the muscle fatty acid binding protein of spadefoot toads (Scaphiopus couchii) for estivation. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. B 125, 347-357. Abstract,  PDF

Cowan, K.J., MacDonald, J.A., Storey, J.M. and Storey, K.B. 2000. Metabolic reorganization and signal transduction during estivation in the spadefoot toad. Exp. Biol. Online 5, 1. Abstract * Link to Journal * PDF

Storey, K.B., Dent, M.E. and Storey, J.M. 1999. Gene expression during estivation in spade foot toads, Scaphiopus couchii. J. Exp. Zool. 284, 325-333. Abstract,  PDF

Cowan, K. J. and Storey, K.B. 1999. Reversible phosphorylation control of skeletal muscle pyruvate kinase and phosphofructokinase during estivation in the spadefoot toad, Scaphiopus couchii. Mol. Cell. Biochem. 195, 173-181. Abstract,  PDF

Grundy, J.E. and Storey, K.B. 1998. Antioxidant defenses and oxidative stress in an estivating toad, Scaphiopus couchii.. J. Comp. Physiol. B 168, 132-142. Abstract,  PDF