Medical Definition of Heat-shock response

1. A constellation of responses that occur when an organism is exposed to excessive heat and other environmental stresses. Responses include synthesis of some proteins, repression of other proteins, and expression of new proteins. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Heat-shock Response

heat-labile
heat-releasing
heat-resistant
heat-rigor point
heat-seal
heat-sealed
heat-sealing
heat-seals
heat-seeking missile
heat-shock factor
heat-shock gene
heat-shock protein
heat-shock protein 27 kinase
heat-shock proteins 70
heat-shock proteins 90
heat-shock response (current term)
heat-shock response element
heat-stable
heat-stable enzyme
heat apoplexy
heat barrier
heat capacities
heat capacity
heat coagulation test
heat content
heat cramp
heat cramps
heat death
heat death of the universe
heat deaths

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