Giancarlo López‐Martínez

High resistance to oxidative damage in the Antarctic midge Belgica antarctica, and developmentally linked expression of genes encoding superoxide dismutase, catalase and heat shock proteins

Giancarlo López‐Martínez, Michael A. Elnitsky, Joshua B. Benoit et al. · Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology · 2008 · 191 citations

Biology, Redox Signaling, Natural Sciences +10

Metabolomics reveals unique and shared metabolic changes in response to heat shock, freezing and desiccation in the Antarctic midge, Belgica antarctica

Michael Michaud, Joshua B. Benoit, Giancarlo López‐Martínez et al. · Journal of Insect Physiology · 2008 · 185 citations

Biology, Energy Metabolism, Heat Shock +10

Drinking a hot blood meal elicits a protective heat shock response in mosquitoes

Joshua B. Benoit, Giancarlo López‐Martínez, Kevin R. Patrick et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2011 · 168 citations · Full text

Heat shock proteins contribute to mosquito dehydration tolerance

Joshua B. Benoit, Giancarlo López‐Martínez, Zachary P. Phillips et al. · Journal of Insect Physiology · 2009 · 166 citations · Full text

Biology, Hyperthermia, Physiology +5

Dehydration-induced cross tolerance of Belgica antarctica larvae to cold and heat is facilitated by trehalose accumulation

Joshua B. Benoit, Giancarlo López‐Martínez, Michael A. Elnitsky et al. · Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Molecular & Integrative Physiology · 2008 · 157 citations

Biology, Trehalose Accumulation, Ecophysiology +3