Contents1 The Abiotic Stress Response of Some Key Genes in Apis cerana cerana 11.1 Two Small Heat Shock Protein Genes in Apis cerana cerana: Characterization��Regulation�� and Developmental Expression 41.2 sHsp22.6�� an Intronless Small Heat Shock Protein Gene�� Is Involved in Stress Defence and Development in Apis cerana cerana 231.3 Molecular Cloning and Characterization of Hsp27.6: the First Reported Small Heat Shock Protein from Apis cerana cerana 441.4 Molecular Characterization and Immunohistochemical Localization of a Mitogenactivated Protein Kinase Gene�� Accp38b�� from Apis cerana cerana 621.5 AccERK2�� A Map Kinase Gene from Apis cerana cerana�� Plays Roles in Stress Responses�� Developmental Processes�� and the Nervous System 731.6 A Typical RNA Binding Protein Gene (AccRBM11) in Apis cerana cerana: Characterization of AccRBM11 and Its Possible Involvement in Development and Stress Responses 871.7 Isolation of Arginine Kinase from Apis cerana cerana and Its Possible Involvement in Response to Adverse Stress 1101.8 Molecular Cloning and Characterization of Two Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor �� Subunit Genes from Apis cerana cerana 1311.9 Molecular Cloning and Characterization under Different Stress Conditions of Insulin-like Peptide 2 (AccILP-2) Gene from Apis cerana cerana 1461.10 Molecular Cloning�� Expression and Stress Response of the Estrogen-related Receptor Gene (AccERR) from Apis cerana cerana 1601.11 The Initial Analysis of a Serine Proteinase Gene (AccSp10) from Apis cerana cerana: Possible Involvement in Pupal Development�� Innate Immunity and Abiotic Stress Responses 1771.12 Cloning�� Expression Patterns and Preliminary Characterization of AccCPR24��a Novel RR-1 Type Cuticle Protein Gene from Apis cerana cerana 1951.13 Molecular Identification and Stress Response of the Apoptosis-inducing Factor Gene 3 (AccAIF3) from Apis cerana cerana 2102 The Enzymatic Antioxidant Molecular Mechanisms of Apis cerana cerana .2272.1 Identification and Characterization of an Apis cerana cerana Delta Class Glutathione S-transferase Gene (AccGSTD) in Response to Thermal Stress 2302.2 Characterization and Mutational Analysis of Omega-class GST (GSTO1) from Apis cerana cerana�� a Gene Involved in Response to Oxidative Stress .2472.3 A Novel Omega-class Glutathione S-transferase Gene in Apis cerana cerana:Molecular Characterisation of GSTO2 and Its Protective Effects in Oxidative Stress 2682.4 Functional and Mutational Analyses of an Omega-class Glutathione S-transferase (GSTO2) That Is Required for Reducing Oxidative Damage in Apis cerana cerana .2882.5 Characterization of a Sigma Class Glutathione S-Transferase Gene in the Larvae of the Honeybee (Apis cerana cerana) on Exposure to Mercury 3102.6 A Glutathione S-Transferase Gene Associated with Antioxidant Properties Isolated from Apis cerana cerana 3252.7 The Identification and Oxidative Stress Response of a Zeta Class Glutathione S-transferase (GSTZ1) Gene from Apis cerana cerana 3442.8 Molecular Cloning�� Expression and Oxidative Stress Response of a Mitochondrial Thioredoxin Peroxidase Gene (AccTpx-3) from Apis cerana cerana 3622.9 A Novel 1-Cys Thioredoxin Peroxidase Gene in Apis cerana cerana: Characterization of AccTpx4 and Its Role in Oxidative Stresses 3802.10 Identification and Characterisation of a Novel 1-Cys Thioredoxin Peroxidase Gene (AccTpx5) from Apis cerana cerana 3952.11 Glutaredoxin 1�� Glutaredoxin 2�� Thioredoxin 1�� and Thioredoxin Peroxidase 3 Play Important Roles in Antioxidant Defense in Apis cerana cerana 4142.12 Molecular Cloning�� Expression and Antioxidant Characterisation of a Typical Thioredoxin Gene (AccTrx2) in Apis cerana cerana 4362.13 Characterization of a Mitochondrial Manganese Superoxide Dismutase Gene from Apis cerana cerana and Its Role in Oxidative Stress 4532.14 Cloning and Molecular Identification of Triosephosphate Isomerase Gene from Apis cerana cerana and Its Role in Response to Various Stresses 4752.15 Identification and Characterization of a Novel Methionine Sulfoxide Reductase B Gene (AccMsrB) from Apis cerana cerana (Hymenoptera: Apidae) 4892.16 Molecular Cloning�� Characterization and Expression of Methionine Sulfoxide Reductase A Gene from Apis cerana cerana 5033 The Nonenzymatic Antioxidant Molecular Mechanisms of Apis cerana cerana 5193.1 Characterization of an Apis cerana cerana Cytochrome P450 Gene (AccCYP336A1) and Its Roles in Oxidative Stresses Responses 5223.2 Roles of a Mitochondrial AccSCO2 Gene from Apis cerana cerana in Oxidative Stress Responses 5383.3 Characterization of the CDK5 Gene in Apis cerana cerana (AccCDK5) and a Preliminary Identification of Its Activator Gene�� AccCDK5r1 5583.4 Isolation of Carboxylesterase (esterase FE4) from Apis cerana cerana and Its Role in Oxidative Resistance during Adverse Environmental Stress 5793.5 Characterization of a Decapenta