heat shock response

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heat shock response [′hēt ‚shäk ri‚späns]

(cell and molecular biology)

A cellular reaction to a stimulus such as elevated temperatures or abrupt environmental changes, in which there is cessation or slowdown of normal protein synthesis and activation of previously inactive genes, resulting in the production of heat shock proteins.

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No references found			But cells have a damage-limiting mechanism called the heat shock response to combat these and other stresses. Stress may help keep cells young: aging-related protein SIRT1 aids ... by Barazesh, Solmaz / Science News Membrane lipid perturbation modifies the set point of the temperature of heat shock response in yeast. Review: abiotic stress sensing and GABA response in plants by Barger, T. Wayne; Locy, Robert D. / Journal of the Alabama Academy of Science Variable salinity could have a significant effect on the heat shock response in oysters, because temperature effects on oyster metabolism can be significantly altered by salinity. Seasonal variation of heat shock protein 70 in Eastern oysters ... by Chu, Fu-Lin. E. / Journal of Shellfish Research			heat of solution heat of sublimation heat of transformation Heat of Transition Heat of Vaporization heat of wetting Heat Pipe heat prostration Heat Pump heat quantity Heat Radiation heat rash heat rate heat reactor heat recovery Heat Regime of Soil heat release Heat Resistance Heat Resistance and Thermal Stability of Polymers heat run heat seal heat set Heat Setting heat shield heat shock protein heat shock response heat shunt heat sink heat slug heat source heat sterilization heat storage heat stress index Heat Supply heat thunderstorm heat time heat tinting Heat Tolerance of Plants Heat Transfer Heat Transfer at a Solid-Fluid Interface heat transfer coefficient Heat Transfer in Soil Heat Transfer in the Atmosphere Heat Transfer in the Ocean heat transmission Heat Transmission Between Heat-Transfer Fluids heat transmission coefficient heat transmittance heat transport heat treatment Heat Treatment of Metals			Heat Shock Cognate Heat Shock Cognate 70 kDa Protein Heat Shock Cognate 70 kDa protein 1 Heat Shock Cognate 71 kDa pPotein Heat Shock Cognate 80 Gene Heat Shock Cognate Gene 4 Heat Shock Cognate Protein 73 Heat Shock Element 1 Heat Shock Factor Heat Shock Factor 1 Heat Shock Factor-1 Heat Shock Potentiation Effect heat shock protein heat shock protein heat shock protein heat shock protein 27 kDa Heat Shock Protein 32 Heat Shock Protein 60 Heat Shock Protein 70 Heat Shock Protein 72 Heat Shock Protein 90 Heat Shock Protein B Heat Shock Protein of Approximately 27 Kilodaltons Heat Shock Protein Peptide Complexes Heat shock proteins Heat shock proteins Heat Shock Proteins with Mr 65 kD heat shock response Heat Shock Response Element Heat Shock Transcription Factor Heat shock transcription factor 2 Heat Shock Transcription Factor-Heat Shock Element Heat Shrink Sleeve Heat shrink tubing heat shunt Heat sickness Heat sickness Heat sickness heat sink heat sink heat sink Heat sink compound Heat Sink Fan heat sink paste Heat Sink Welding heat sinks heat sinks heat slug Heat Slug Ball Grid Array Heat Soak Test Heat Solubilized Human Zonae Pellucidae Heat Source Heat Source heat stabile Heat Stable Function Heat Sterilizable Potting Compound heat sterilization Heat storage

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