Mouse and <i>Drosophila</i> Genes Encoding the Major Heat Shock Protein (hsp70) Are Highly Conserved

Abstract

We used a cloned Drosophila melanogaster hsp70 gene to hybrid-select heat shock-induced mouse mRNA and showed that this mRNA encodes the major mouse heat shock protein. This result suggests that the sequence of the hsp70 gene(s) is highly conserved.