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 · 192 citations

Life Sciences, Genetics, Molecular Genetics +17

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 · 186 citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Microbiology +17

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 · 173 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Entomology, Physiology +17

Heat shock proteins contribute to mosquito dehydration tolerance

Joshua B. Benoit, Giancarlo López‐Martínez, Zachary P. Phillips et al. · Journal of Insect Physiology · 2009 · 169 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Entomology, Molecular Biology +14

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 · 159 citations

Life Sciences, Botany, Entomology +14