Biological Significance of Heat Shock Proteins & Chaperones. The family of heat shock proteins (HSPs) was initially characterized as a highly conserved battery of genes whose expression could be induced by heat shock.
In Greek mythology, Melinoe is the goddess of ghosts. She is the daughter of Persephone and Hades. She lives in the Underworld. She has a pale complexion and a short temper and takes after her father in almost every way, except from her beauty that she gets from her mother Persephone. Melinoe has the powers to turn any mortal insane by her phantoms. Little is known about Melinoe, but ancient Greeks used to conduct rituals and acts of praises to her as a sign of devotion and to garner protection from ghosts. This short article about religion can be made longer.
She walked the earth after dark bringing fear and night terrors. As Persephone is considered to be a form of Demeter as death Goddess, so Melinoe should probably be seen as another underworld aspect of the Greek Great Goddess. Melaina is also the epithet of Demeter Herself as an underworld Goddess, and in this respect was also called Khthonia.