heat shock protein

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heat shock protein (plural heat shock proteins)

  1. (biochemistry) A class of proteins produced when an organism undergoes heat stress or stress, which is then used to bind to heat intolerant proteins to stabilize their structures, and initiate some of the organism's stress responses.

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