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Chaperone
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chaperone /chap·er·one/ (shap´er-ōn) someone or something that accompanies and oversees another.
molecular chaperone  any of a diverse group of proteins that oversee the correct intracellular folding and assembly of polypeptides without being components of the final structure.
Chaperone
Any of a class of cytoplasmic proteins found in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes, which facilitate the correct assembly or disassembly of newly synthesized oligomeric protein complexes, participating in transmembrane targeting and protein folding
chaperone
a family of proteins that aid in the folding of target proteins.
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