Adaptation to heat stress by diversification of the vertebrate heat shock transcription factor family
Abstract Cells survive and reproduce by coping with acute or chronic exposure to a fixed elevated temperature or fluctuating temperatures. These properties are one of the main evolutionary forces and involve the heat shock response. This response is characterized by the induction of heat-shock proteins (HSPs) and is ma...
Ryosuke Takii, Mitsuaki Fujimoto, A. Nakai
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