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Heat-Shock Proteins

"Heat-Shock Proteins" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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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.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Heat-Shock Proteins" by people in this website by year, and whether "Heat-Shock Proteins" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 123 publications over 30 distinct years, with a maximum of 12 publications in 2003
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