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. 2000 Oct 1;351(Pt 1):13–17. doi: 10.1042/0264-6021:3510013

Association of several small heat-shock proteins with reproductive tissues in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans.

L Ding 1, E P Candido 1
PMCID: PMC1221361  PMID: 11001875

Abstract

Immunohistochemical data on 10 of the 14 small heat-shock (smHSPs) proteins in fourth larval stage and adult Caenorhabditis elegans show that the tissues expressing the greatest number of smHSPs are vulva (HSP12s, HSP43 and, under stress, HSP16s) and spermatheca (HSP12s, HSP25, HSP43 and, under stress, HSP16s). HSP43 is also expressed in male tail structures, and following heat-shock HSP16s are expressed in spermatids and spermatozoa.

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