title: Small heat shock proteins: big folding machines.
abstract: The workshop was entitled "The Small HSP World" and had the mission to bring together investigators studying small heat shock proteins (sHSPs). It was held at Le Bonne Entente in Quebec City (Quebec, Canada) from October 2 to October 5 2014. Forty-four scientists from 14 different countries attended this workshop of the Cell Stress Society International (CSSI). The small number of participants stimulated interesting discussions, and the resulting informal atmosphere was appreciated by everybody. This article provides highlights from talks and discussions of the workshop, giving an overview of the latest work on sHSPs.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Cell and Developmental Genetics, Département de biologie moléculaire, biochimie médicale et pathologie, Institut de Biologie Intégrative et des Systèmes (IBIS) and PROTEO, Université Laval, Québec, G1V 0A6, Canada.
authors.forename: Geneviève
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Morrow
authors.forename: Lawrence E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Hightower
authors.forename: Robert M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Tanguay
mesh_terms: D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000378:metabolism; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D001419:Bacteria / Q000378:metabolism; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D055551:HSP27 Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D050888:Heat-Shock Proteins, Small / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D018832:Molecular Chaperones; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D038203:alpha-Crystallin B Chain / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; C059215:CRYAB protein, human; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D055551:HSP27 Heat-Shock Proteins; C057725:HSPB1 protein, human; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins; D050888:Heat-Shock Proteins, Small; C097578:IbpA protein, E coli; C097579:IbpB protein, E coli; D018832:Molecular Chaperones; D038203:alpha-Crystallin B Chain