Small heat shock proteins in Drosophila may confer thermal tolerance |
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Authors: | Edward M. Berger Micael P. Woodward |
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Affiliation: | Biology Department, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755, USA |
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Abstract: | The four small heat shock proteins in Drosophila melanogaster are genetically linked and simultaneously synthesized, both in response to high temperature and, developmentally, during puparium formation. In tissue culture cells their synthesis is inducible by the molting hormone, ecdysterone. We show here that accompanying their induction and accumulation, the cells and animals acquire thermal tolerance. |
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