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MeSH Heading: Heat-Shock Proteins
Tree Number(s): D12.776.580.216
Unique ID: D006360
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006360
Scope Note: 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.
Entry Term(s): Heat-Shock Protein; Stress Protein; Stress Proteins
NLM Classification #: QU 55.6
Previous Indexing: Heat (1966-1983); Proteins (1966-1983)
See Also: Cold Shock Proteins and Peptides; Heat Shock Transcription Factors; Heat-Shock Response
Public MeSH Note: 84
History Note: 84
Date Established: 1984/01/01
Date of Entry: 1983/06/16
Revision Date: 2020/05/27

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage (AD)

adverse effects (AE)

agonists (AG)

analysis (AN)

antagonists & inhibitors (AI)

biosynthesis (BI)

blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemical synthesis (CS)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

deficiency (DF)

drug effects (DE)

economics (EC)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pharmacokinetics (PK)

pharmacology (PD)

physiology (PH)

poisoning (PO)

radiation effects (RE)

standards (ST)

supply & distribution (SD)

therapeutic use (TU)

toxicity (TO)

ultrastructure (UL)

urine (UR)

Concept UI: M0009986
Scope Note: 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.
Terms: Heat-Shock Proteins Preferred Term
Term UI T019260
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1984); Stress Protein
Term UI T000997493
Date11/19/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Heat-Shock Protein
Term UI T019259
Date05/05/1987
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1988); Stress Proteins
Term UI T019261
Date06/16/1983
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX)

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