molecular chaperone
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molecular chaperone — n 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. The group includes nucleoplasmins, chaperonins, other heat shock… … Medical dictionary
Molecular chaperone therapy — is one of the latest pharmacological approaches to lysosomal storage diseases. It fixes defective protein as an alternative to Stop codon suppression treatment. These chaperones are minute molecules that can enter the central nervous system ( via … Wikipedia
molecular chaperone — noun Date: 1989 chaperone 3 … New Collegiate Dictionary
Chaperone (protein) — A top view of the GroES/GroEL bacterial chaperone complex model In molecular biology, chaperones are proteins that assist the non covalent folding or unfolding and the assembly or disassembly of other macromolecular structures, but do not occur… … Wikipedia
Chaperone DnaJ — DnaJ domain PDB rendering based on 1hdj. Identifiers Symbol DnaJ Pfam … Wikipedia
chaperone — I. noun or chaperon Etymology: French chaperon, literally, hood, from Middle French, head covering, from chape Date: 1720 1. a person (as a matron) who for propriety accompanies one or more young unmarried women in public or in mixed company 2.… … New Collegiate Dictionary
chaperone — 1. A protein required for the proper folding and/or assembly of another protein or protein complex. 2. One who accompanies a physician during examination of a patient of the opposite sex (from the physician). [Eng. escort, protector, fr. Fr.… … Medical dictionary
Chaperone — or Chaperon may refer to: Chaperone (social) or chaperon, an adult who accompanies or supervises young people on social occasions Chaperone (clinical), a person who acts as a witness for a patient and a medical practitioner during a medical… … Wikipedia
Central dogma of molecular biology — The central dogma of molecular biology was first articulated by Francis Crick in 1958[1] and re stated in a Nature paper published in 1970:[2] Information flow in … Wikipedia
List of molecular biology topics — This is a list of topics in molecular biology. See also list of biochemistry topics. NOTOC # 3 end 3 flanking region 5 end 5 flanking region 5 ribose 3 A acrylamide gels adenine adenosine deaminase deficiency adenovirus agarose gel… … Wikipedia
