Survival protection mechanisms and genetic variability induction after stress: two sides of the same Hsp70 coin
Ugo Cappucci, Fabrizia Noro, Assunta Maria Casale, Laura Fanti, Maria Francesca Berloco, Angela Alessandra Alagia, Luigi Grassi, Loredana Le Pera, Lucia Piacentini, Sergio Pimpinelli
This study shows that heat shock stress activates transposon expression by disrupting piRNA biogenesis through Hsp70's interaction with the Hsc70-Hsp90 complex in Drosophila.
bioRxiv · Sep 21, 2018 · PreprintGenetics