Thermosensing

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Noun
  1. 1
    The sensing of heat (or temperature differences) uncountable

    "A transition from a well-folded to unfolded state has also been demonstrated in small heat shock proteins, such as yeast Hsp26 which responds to heat shock by unstabilizing its middle thermosensing domain (Franzmann et al., 2008 )."

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"A transition from a well-folded to unfolded state has also been demonstrated in small heat shock proteins, such as yeast Hsp26 which responds to heat shock by unstabilizing its middle thermosensing domain (Franzmann et al., 2008 )."

Etymology

From thermo- + sensing.

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