During times of thermal stress, heat shock proteins act as

A) Chaperones to assist in the refolding of proteins.
B) Transcriptional activators that ultimately lead to altered membrane lipids.
C) Intercellular cytokine messengers that trigger adaptive responses in adjoining cells.
D) More than one of the above


Answer: A

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