Stress & Heat Shock Proteins. The highly conserved heat shock proteins (HSPs) are constitutively expressed and function as molecular chaperones which facilitate the synthesis and folding of proteins. They also participate in protein assembly, export, turn-over and regulation.
Melissa Healy. Melissa Healy is a health and science reporter with the Los Angeles Times writing from the Washington, D.C., area. She covers prescription drugs, obesity, nutrition and exercise, and neuroscience, mental health and human behavior.
Melissa, a genus of plants, particularly the species commonly known as balm in the United Kingdom or Lemon balm in the United States; Monarda, a genus of plants commonly known as bee balm; Elsholtzia ciliata a species of plants sometimes known as Vietnamese balm; Balm of Gilead, a medicinal resin from the North American species Populus candicans