… plant sHSPs: a diverse and complex family of proteins We know that plant sHSPs are a part
of the larger sHSP … of the conserved sHSP structure and function described above. However, …

… Specific smHSPs are also expressed during various phases of plant development as part of
… Thus, although the smHSPs are apparently not essential for basal cell functions as are the …

… , suggests that they have an essential function that cannot be compensated for by other …
of plant thermotolerance and the plant sHSPs, we propose that to be termed a ‘plant sHSP’ a …

… Early and recent evolution of cytosolic I sHSPs The CI class contains the most widely
studied sHSPs in plants and approximately 23% of all ACD protein sequences identified in this …

… constitutively expressed members … structure and function of plant Hsfs but will occasionally
also include relevant information about Hsfs or transcription activator proteins from non-plant …

… sHsps encoded in the human genome, 16 sHsps are present in Caenorhabditis elegans, and
at least 12 sHsp gene families are present in higher plants, … number of plant sHsp genes in …

… In light of the role of sHSPs in the clearance of un/misfolded … of sHSP expression or function
and rescue of defective sHSPs … sHSPs discussed by many of the world’s experts in the sHSP …

… of plant sHSPs. The analyses suggest that there are distinct lineages of sHSPs in prokaryotes,
with the plant sHSPs … The plant cytosolic class I family of sHSPs are most similar to the …

… gene expression data and predicted secondary structures, we have determined that the
sHSPs in plants are far more diverse in sequence, expression profile, and in structure than had …

… Our results show the complexity and diversity of sHsp gene family of rice at structural and
expression level. This is the first report focusing on the comprehensive expression profiles of …