A family of proteins and their encoding genes found in vertebrates resulting from the triplicate replication of the ancestral single gene found in non-vertebrates, that concern activity of microtubules and actin filaments.

(biochemistry) A class of proteins produced when an organism undergoes heat stress or stress, which is then used to bind to heat intolerant proteins to stabilize their structures, and initiate some of the organism's stress responses.

plural of heat shock protein

A protein that binds to single-stranded regions of DNA to prevent premature annealing.

plural of single-strand binding protein

(biochemistry) An intermediate filament protein expressed by numerous cell types of the central nervous system.

plural of glial fibrillary acidic protein

(pathology) A rare allergy to certain proteins found in human semen.

(medicine) The presence of protein in the urine.

Of, pertaining to, or consisting of protein