IMPLICATIONS FOR THE INTERACTION BETWEEN THE HEAT SHOCK TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS AND THE TRANSLOCATED PROMOTER REGION PROTEIN

The heat-shock response is one of the many complex physiological systems that organisms have developed in order to protect their cells against stress. This response is initiated by the binding of heat shock factor 1 (HSF1) to the promoters of genes containing heat-shock elements (HSEs,) which result...

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Main Author: Skaggs, Hollie Suzanne
Format: Others
Published: UKnowledge 2007
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Online Access:http://uknowledge.uky.edu/gradschool_diss/503
http://uknowledge.uky.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1506&context=gradschool_diss