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The effect of heat shock on protein synthesis in three relatedDrosophila species belonging to theobscura group was analyzed on SDS-acrylamide gels. Four major heat shock proteins (hsps) were found in these species, in which synthesis reaches a maximum at 34°C. Although the higher molecular weight proteins are conserved, differences in size were found for the small hsps in these species. By means of in situ hybridization usingD. melanogaster probes for the small hsp genes, it was inferred that the small hsp genes of theobscura group species are clustered at the 27A locus in all three species.
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Moltó, M.D., Pascual, L., Martínez-Sebastián, M.J. et al. Heat shock proteins in three relatedDrosophila species belonging to theobscura group. Experientia 49, 54–56 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01928790
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