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Review
. 1991 Apr;16(4):135-40.
doi: 10.1016/0968-0004(91)90055-z.

Is hsp70 the cellular thermometer?

E A Craig  1 , C A Gross
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Review

Is hsp70 the cellular thermometer?

E A Craig et al. Trends Biochem Sci. 1991 Apr.

Abstract

Cells respond to an increase in temperature by inducing the synthesis of the heat shock proteins, which are a small set of evolutionarily conserved proteins. We review the evidence leading us to suggest that the free pool of one of these proteins, hsp70, serves as a cellular thermometer that regulates the expression of all heat shock proteins.

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