The small heat shock proteins alpha B-crystallin (ABC) and Hsp27 are chaperone molecules that maintain the integrity of intracellular processes during various types of stress. While Hsp27 is rather specific for the human and has only modified related proteins in other mammals (e.g. Hsp25 in rodents and birds) [1,2], ABC is a highly conserved protein that exists in nearly any species examined [3...
