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chaperone
(redirected from Chaperone proteins)

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The presence of mutant proteins in the nucleus may cause a stress response with increased levels of protective chaperone proteins.
MaCRA has enabled CytRx to rapidly and quantifiably screen large numbers of small molecule compounds to identify potential drug candidates that modify the activity of a protein known as heat shock transcription factor 1 (Hsf1) and consequently control entire groups of molecular chaperone proteins that repair or degrade toxic misfolded proteins present in diseased cells.
Hsf-1 is thought to be a master regulator that controls the amount of an entire family of molecular chaperone proteins that repair or degrade toxic misfolded proteins present in diseased cells.
 
 
 
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