... hatayama@mb.kyoto-phu.ac.jp(Received 14 May 2009, revised 3 August2009, accepted 7 August 2009)doi :10 .11 11/ j .17 42-4658.2009.07 311 .xHsp105a and Hsp105b are mammalian members of the Hsp105 ⁄ 11 0 family,a divergent ... control. How-ever, Hsp105b (1 6 41) , Hsp105b (1 5 91) , and Hsp105b (1 564), lacking more than the C-terminal 17 3 aminoacids of Hsp105b, failed to induce luciferase activity.As Hsp105b(D642–698), which ... between )206 and )18 7 bp of the hsp70 promoter in vitro and in vivo, resulting in the induction of Hsp70 expression.STAT3 is required for the induction of hsp70promoter activity by Hsp105bTo further...