Medical Definition of Heat-shock factor
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A class of molecular chaperones found in both prokaryotes and in several compartments of eukaryotic cells. There is evidence that these proteins can interact with polypeptides during a variety of assembly processes in such a way as to prevent the formation of nonfunctional structures.
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| A class of molecular chaperones whose members act in the mechanism of signal transduction by steroid receptors.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Heat-shock Factor
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