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Heat shock protein 27 (Hsp27) also known as heat shock protein beta-1 (HSPB1) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the HSPB1 gene.Hsp27 is a chaperone of the sHsp (small heat shock protein) group among ubiquitin α-crystallin Hsp20 and others. The common functions of sHsps are chaperone activity thermotolerance inhibition of apoptosis regulation of cell development and cell differentiation. They also take part in signal transduction.

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