Dr. Carl Parker Group

Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

 
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The current research in the Parker lab at Caltech focuses on the molecular mechanisms cells use to respond to physiological stress such as heat shock.  We are interested in understanding how heat for example is transduced into a massive transcriptional activation response that results in the synthesis of heat shock proteins.


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