Heat shock in the springtime
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Measurements of Physiological Stress Responses in C. Elegans
Published on: May 21, 2020
Kevin A Morano1, Lea Sistonen, Valérie Mezger
1Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Abstract:
A collaborative workshop dedicated to the discussion of heat shock factors in stress response, development, and disease was held on April 22-24, 2014 at the Université Paris Diderot in Paris, France. Recent years have witnessed an explosion of interest in these highly conserved transcription factors, with biological roles ranging from environmental sensing to human development and cancer.
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Transcription
Transcription is the process of synthesizing RNA from a DNA sequence by RNA polymerase. It is the first step in producing a protein from a gene sequence. Additionally, many other proteins and regulatory sequences are involved in the proper synthesis of messenger RNA (mRNA). Regulation of transcription is responsible for the differentiation of all the different types of cells and often for the proper cellular response to environmental signals.
Transcription Can Produce Different Kinds...

