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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 a family of proteins that aid in the folding of target proteins. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Oak Park Unified School District trustees have decided to appoint a school board member to replace their president, Jeri Fox, who resigned Monday after chaperoning a party where beer was served to teens. The new work indicates that as tumor cells progressively overexpress and accumulate mutant signaling proteins, Hsp90 becomes engaged in active chaperoning and stabilization of these oncoproteins. |
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