Contents
1 The Abiotic Stress Response of Some Key Genes in Apis cerana cerana 1
1.1 Two Small Heat Shock Protein Genes in Apis cerana cerana: Characterization，Regulation， and Developmental Expression 4
1.2 sHsp22.6， an Intronless Small Heat Shock Protein Gene， Is Involved in Stress Defence and Development in Apis cerana cerana 23
1.3 Molecular Cloning and Characterization of Hsp27.6: the First Reported Small Heat Shock Protein from Apis cerana cerana 44
1.4 Molecular Characterization and Immunohistochemical Localization of a Mitogenactivated Protein Kinase Gene， Accp38b， from Apis cerana cerana 62
1.5 AccERK2， A Map Kinase Gene from Apis cerana cerana， Plays Roles in Stress Responses， Developmental Processes， and the Nervous System 73
1.6 A Typical RNA Binding Protein Gene (AccRBM11) in Apis cerana cerana: Characterization of AccRBM11 and Its Possible Involvement in Development and Stress Responses 87
1.7 Isolation of Arginine Kinase from Apis cerana cerana and Its Possible Involvement in Response to Adverse Stress 110
1.8 Molecular Cloning and Characterization of Two Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor β Subunit Genes from Apis cerana cerana 131
1.9 Molecular Cloning and Characterization under Different Stress Conditions of Insulin-like Peptide 2 (AccILP-2) Gene from Apis cerana cerana 146
1.10 Molecular Cloning， Expression and Stress Response of the Estrogen-related Receptor Gene (AccERR) from Apis cerana cerana 160
1.11 The Initial Analysis of a Serine Proteinase Gene (AccSp10) from Apis cerana cerana: Possible Involvement in Pupal Development， Innate Immunity and Abiotic Stress Responses 177
1.12 Cloning， Expression Patterns and Preliminary Characterization of AccCPR24，a Novel RR-1 Type Cuticle Protein Gene from Apis cerana cerana 195
1.13 Molecular Identification and Stress Response of the Apoptosis-inducing Factor Gene 3 (AccAIF3) from Apis cerana cerana 210
2 The Enzymatic Antioxidant Molecular Mechanisms of Apis cerana cerana .227
2.1 Identification and Characterization of an Apis cerana cerana Delta Class Glutathione S-transferase Gene (AccGSTD) in Response to Thermal Stress 230
2.2 Characterization and Mutational Analysis of Omega-class GST (GSTO1) from Apis cerana cerana， a Gene Involved in Response to Oxidative Stress .247
2.3 A Novel Omega-class Glutathione S-transferase Gene in Apis cerana cerana:Molecular Characterisation of GSTO2 and Its Protective Effects in Oxidative Stress 268
2.4 Functional and Mutational Analyses of an Omega-class Glutathione S-transferase (GSTO2) That Is Required for Reducing Oxidative Damage in Apis cerana cerana .288
2.5 Characterization of a Sigma Class Glutathione S-Transferase Gene in the Larvae of the Honeybee (Apis cerana cerana) on Exposure to Mercury 310
2.6 A Glutathione S-Transferase Gene Associated with Antioxidant Properties Isolated from Apis cerana cerana 325
2.7 The Identification and Oxidative Stress Response of a Zeta Class Glutathione S-transferase (GSTZ1) Gene from Apis cerana cerana 344
2.8 Molecular Cloning， Expression and Oxidative Stress Response of a Mitochondrial Thioredoxin Peroxidase Gene (AccTpx-3) from Apis cerana cerana 362
2.9 A Novel 1-Cys Thioredoxin Peroxidase Gene in Apis cerana cerana: Characterization of AccTpx4 and Its Role in Oxidative Stresses 380
2.10 Identification and Characterisation of a Novel 1-Cys Thioredoxin Peroxidase Gene (AccTpx5) from Apis cerana cerana 395
2.11 Glutaredoxin 1， Glutaredoxin 2， Thioredoxin 1， and Thioredoxin Peroxidase 3 Play Important Roles in Antioxidant Defense in Apis cerana cerana 414
2.12 Molecular Cloning， Expression and Antioxidant Characterisation of a Typical Thioredoxin Gene (AccTrx2) in Apis cerana cerana 436
2.13 Characterization of a Mitochondrial Manganese Superoxide Dismutase Gene from Apis cerana cerana and Its Role in Oxidative Stress 453
2.14 Cloning and Molecular Identification of Triosephosphate Isomerase Gene from Apis cerana cerana and Its Role in Response to Various Stresses 475
2.15 Identification and Characterization of a Novel Methionine Sulfoxide Reductase B Gene (AccMsrB) from Apis cerana cerana (Hymenoptera: Apidae) 489
2.16 Molecular Cloning， Characterization and Expression of Methionine Sulfoxide Reductase A Gene from Apis cerana cerana 503
3 The Nonenzymatic Antioxidant Molecular Mechanisms of Apis cerana cerana 519
3.1 Characterization of an Apis cerana cerana Cytochrome P450 Gene (AccCYP336A1) and Its Roles in Oxidative Stresses Responses 522
3.2 Roles of a Mitochondrial AccSCO2 Gene from Apis cerana cerana in Oxidative Stress Responses 538
3.3 Characterization of the CDK5 Gene in Apis cerana cerana (AccCDK5) and a Preliminary Identification of Its Activator Gene， AccCDK5r1 558
3.4 Isolation of Carboxylesterase (esterase FE4) from Apis cerana cerana and Its Role in Oxidative Resistance during Adverse Environmental Stress 579
3.5 Characterization of a Decapenta