Description
Product Characteristics:
DNA-binding protein that specifically binds heat shock promoter elements (HSE) and activates transcription. In higher eukaryotes, HSF is unable to bind to the HSE unless the cells are heat shocked.
Subcellular location: Cytoplasm, Nucleus
Synonyms: HSTF1, Heat shock factor protein 1, HSF 1, Heat shock transcription factor 1, HSTF 1, HSF1
Target Information: The product of this gene is a heat-shock transcription factor. Transcription of heat-shock genes is rapidly induced after temperature stress. Hsp90, by itself and/or associated with multichaperone complexes, is a major repressor of this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]