Mesh term Heat-Shock Proteins
Browse to parent terms:Molecular Chaperones
Description
Proteins which are synthesized in eukaryotic organisms and bacteria in response to hyperthermia and other environmental stresses. They increase thermal tolerance and perform functions essential to cell survival under these conditions.Browse to child terms:
Chaperonins
HSP40 Heat-Shock Proteins
HSP47 Heat-Shock Proteins
HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins
HSP90 Heat-Shock Proteins
Heat-Shock Proteins, Small
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