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Heat shock proteins (HSPs) ranging in molecular masses from 14 to 110 kDa were induced in embryonic axes of germinating Cajanus cajan (L.) Millspaugh seeds after exposure to 40 °C for 1 or 2 h. At 45 °C, there was a marked decline in synthesis of HSPs. A close relationship was observed between HSPs induced and the growth of the germinating seeds. Pretreatment of germinating seeds at 40 °C for 1 h or 45 °C for 10 min followed by incubation at 28 °C for 3 h led to considerable thermotolerance (45 °C, 2 h) and the recovery of protein synthesis.
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Sri Devi, V., Satyanarayana, N. & Madhava Rao, K. Induction of Heat Shock Proteins and Acquisition of Thermotolerance in Germinating Pigeonpea Seeds. Biologia Plantarum 42, 589–597 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1002635602823
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