by NovartisFoundation (Editor)
The heat shock, or cell stress, response was first identified in the polytene chromosomes of Drosophila. This was later related to the appearance of novel proteins within stressed cells, and the key signal stimulating this appearance was identified as the presence of unfolded proteins within the cell.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 248
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 14 Mar 2008
ISBN 10: 0470723335
ISBN 13: 9780470723333