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Spaceflight activates heat shock response in Arabidopsis

Claim that spaceflight treatment leads to activation of heat shock protein and molecular chaperone gene expression in Arabidopsis thaliana tissue culture cells.

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Evidence Quote

“Spaceflight activates heat shock protein and molecular chaperone genes in Arabidopsis cells”

Relationship

spaceflight condition increases heat shock genes

Arguments

Spaceflight conditionsubject
hsfA2 heat shock mutantobject

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Spaceflight triggers heat shock response via stress signalingInferenceChain
Spaceflight alters plant gene expressionAssociation

Evidence

“Reference for study showing that spaceflight activates heat shock protein and molecular chaperone genes in Arabidopsis thaliana tissue culture cells.”

Zupanska AK et al. (2013). Spaceflight engages heat shock protein and other molecular chaperone genes in tissue culture cells of Arabidopsis thaliana doi:10.3732/ajb.1200343 ↗