title: Stress response: anything that doesn't kill you makes you stronger.
abstract: A new study shows that DNA damage not only elicits response pathways directly related to DNA repair but also induces a response that extensively overlaps with the pathogen infection pathway and confers resistance to both oxidative stress and heat shock.
authors.affiliation: University of Dundee, Centre for Gene Regulation and Expression, Dundee, Dow Street, Dundee DD1 5EH, UK. Electronic address: a.gartner@dundee.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Anton
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gartner
authors.affiliation: University of Cambridge, Gurdon Institute, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QN, UK.
authors.forename: Alper
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Akay
mesh_terms: D000222:Adaptation, Physiological / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D017173:Caenorhabditis elegans / Q000502:physiology*; D004249:DNA Damage; D005854:Germ Cells / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism*; D007113:Immunity, Innate; D013312:Stress, Physiological / Q000276:immunology*