Article
HSF-1–mediated cytoskeletal integrity determines thermotolerance and life span
16 Oct 2014
Abstract excerpt
The conserved heat shock transcription factor-1 (HSF-1) is essential to cellular stress resistance and life-span determination. The canonical function of HSF-1 is to regulate a network of genes encoding molecular chaperones that protect proteins from damage caused by extrinsic environmental stress or intrinsic age-related deterioration. In Caenorhabditis elegans, we engineered a modified HSF-1 strain that...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
