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Preferred term

Heat-Shock Proteins  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Heat Shock Protein
  • Heat-Shock Protein
  • Protein, Stress
  • Stress Protein
  • Stress Proteins

Scope note

  • 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.

History note

  • 84

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URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D006360

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