You know what it looks like… but what is it called?
TAKE THE QUIZ“Heat shock”
We have one entry that includes the term Heat shock.
heat shock protein
noun: any of a group of molecular chaperones (see chaperone entry 1 sense 3) that are produced especially in cells subjected to stressful conditions (such as high temperature) and that serve to stabilize proteins and ensure proper assembly and folding of proteins
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