中华蜜蜂是中国特有的蜂种，善于采集零星蜜源，抗寒能力强，同时具有抵抗蜜蜂小蜂螨等抗病能力。自国家蜂产业技术体系2008年建立以来，胥保华教授和郭兴启教授密切合作，率领山东农业大学蜜蜂研究团队对中华蜜蜂具有较强抗逆性的生物学分子机制进行了深入探索，发表了一系列重要论文。本书系统介绍了这些研究成果，全面介绍了中华蜜蜂抗胁迫和抗氧化的分子机制，包括抗逆基因的结构分析、表达特性分析、重组蛋白功能特性分析。

1 The Abiotic Stress Response of Some Key Genes in Apis cerana cerana
1.1 Two Small Heat Shock Protein Genes in Apis cerana cerana: Characterization,Regulation, and Developmental Expression
1.2 sHsp22.6 , an Intronless Small Heat Shock Protein Gene, Is Involved in Stress Defence and Development in Apis cerana cerana
1.3 Molecular Cloning and Characterization of Hsp27.6 : the First Reported Small Heat Shock Protein from Apis cerana cerana
1.4 Molecular Characterization and Immunohistochemical Localization of a Mitogenactivated Protein Kinase Gene, Accp38b, from Apis cerana cerana
1.5 AccERK2, A Map Kinase Gene from Apis cerana cerana, Plays Roles in Stress Responses, Developmental Processes, and the Nervous System
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
1.7 Isolation of Arginine Kinase from Apis cerana cerana and Its Possible Involvement in Response to Adverse Stress
1.8 Molecular Cloning and Characterization of Two Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor β Subunit Genes from Apis cerana cerana
1.9 Molecular Cloning and Characterization under Different Stress Conditions of Insulin-like Peptide 2 (AccILP-2) Gene from Apis cerana cerana
1.10 Molecular Cloning, Expression and Stress Response of the Estrogen-related Receptor Gene (AccERR) from Apis cerana cerana
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
1.12 Cloning, Expression Patterns and Preliminary Characterization of AccCPR24,a Novel RR-1 Type Cuticle Protein Gene from Apis cerana cerana
1.13 Molecular Identification and Stress Response of the Apoptosis-inducing Factor Gene 3 (AccAIF3) from Apis cerana cerana
2 The Enzymatic Antioxidant Molecular Mechanisms of Apis cerana cerana .
2.1 Identification and Characterization of an Apis cerana cerana Delta Class Glutathione S-transferase Gene (AccGSTD) in Response to Thermal Stress
2.2 Characterization and Mutational Analysis of Omega-class GST (GSTO1) from Apis cerana cerana, a Gene Involved in Response to Oxidative Stress .
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
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 .
2.5 Characterization of a Sigma Class Glutathione S-Transferase Gene in the Larvae of the Honeybee (Apis cerana cerana) on Exposure to Mercury
2.6 A Glutathione S-Transferase Gene Associated with Antioxidant Properties Isolated from Apis cerana cerana
2.7 The Identification and Oxidative Stress Response of a Zeta Class Glutathione S-transferase (GSTZ1) Gene from Apis cerana cerana
2.8 Molecular Cloning, Expression and Oxidative Stress Response of a Mitochondrial Thioredoxin Peroxidase Gene (AccTpx-3) from Apis cerana cerana
2.9 A Novel 1-Cys Thioredoxin Peroxidase Gene in Apis cerana cerana: Characterization of AccTpx4 and Its Role in Oxidative Stresses
2.10 Identification and Characterisation of a Novel 1-Cys Thioredoxin Peroxidase Gene (AccTpx5) from Apis cerana cerana
2.11 Glutaredoxin 1, Glutaredoxin 2, Thioredoxin 1, and Thioredoxin Peroxidase 3 Play Important Roles in Antioxidant Defense in Apis cerana cerana
2.12 Molecular Cloning, Expression and Antioxidant Characterisation of a Typical Thioredoxin Gene (AccTrx2) in Apis cerana cerana
2.13 Characterization of a Mitochondrial Manganese Superoxide Dismutase Gene from Apis cerana cerana and Its Role in Oxidative Stress
2.14 Cloning and Molecular Identification of Triosephosphate Isomerase Gene from Apis cerana cerana and Its Role in Response to Various Stresses
2.15 Identific