# HSF1 wt Allele

National Cancer Institute

## Source

National Cancer Institute. HSF1 wt Allele. NCI Thesaurus. Code C71422.

Human HSF1 wild-type allele is located in the vicinity of 8q24.3 and is approximately 23 kb in length. This allele, which encodes heat shock factor protein 1, is involved in the transcriptional regulation of genes that are involved in the cellular response to thermal stress.