title: Adapt or avoid.
abstract: An enzyme called p38 MAP kinase helps nematodes to adapt to low-oxygen environments, and also to escape from them.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, United States.
authors.forename: Ganesh K
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: Kumar
mesh_terms: D004789:Enzyme Activation; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D010100:Oxygen; D015398:Signal Transduction; D048051:p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D048051:p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D010100:Oxygen
keywords: <i>c. elegans</i>; cell biology; glutamate; hypoxia; membrane transport; neuroscience; signal transduction; synapse