heat shock response element

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
HSE
Pronunciation
/hit ʃɑk rɪˈspɑns ˈɛləmənt/
Category
Medical
Related Field
British Medicine

Examples in Context

  1. The activation of heat-shock gene transcription in eukaryotes during the stress response is mediated by the conserved heat shock transcription factor ( HSF ) which binds to the heat shock element ( HSE ) in the promoters of heat-shock genes.

Other meanings of HSE