Publication Date:
1990-06-01
Description:
A heat shock protein gene, HSP104, was isolated from Saccharomyces cerevisiae and a deletion mutation was introduced into yeast cells. Mutant cells grew at the same rate as wild-type cells and died at the same rate when exposed directly to high temperatures. However, when given a mild pre-heat treatment, the mutant cells did not acquire tolerance to heat, as did wild-type cells. Transformation with the wild-type gene rescued the defect of mutant cells. The results demonstrate that a particular heat shock protein plays a critical role in cell survival at extreme temperatures.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Sanchez, Y -- Lindquist, S L -- GM 35483/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1990 Jun 1;248(4959):1112-5.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology, University of Chicago, Illinois 60637.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2188365" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Cloning, Molecular
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Fungal Proteins/biosynthesis/*genetics
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Genes, Fungal
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Heat-Shock Proteins/biosynthesis/genetics/*physiology
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*Hot Temperature
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Mutation
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Restriction Mapping
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Saccharomyces cerevisiae/genetics/growth & development/*physiology
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
