Chaperone or Chaperon may refer to:
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Chaperone (social)
A chaperone (also spelled chaperon) in its original social usage was a person who for propriety's sake accompanied an unmarried girl in public; usually she was an older married woman, and most commonly the girl's own mother.
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or chaperon, a person who accompanies or supervises young people on social occasions
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Chaperone (clinical)
In clinical medicine, a chaperone is a person who serves as a witness for both a patient
A patient is any recipient of health care services that are performed by Health professional, healthcare professionals. The patient is most often Disease ...
, a person who acts as a witness during a medical examination or procedure
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Chaperon (headgear)
A chaperon ( or ; Middle French: ''chaperon'') was a form of hood or, later, a highly versatile hat worn by men and women in all parts of Western Europe in the Middle Ages. Initially a utilitarian garment, it first grew a long partly decorativ ...
, a form of hood or hat worn in Western Europe in the Middle Ages
Biology
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Chaperone (protein)
In molecular biology, molecular chaperones are proteins that assist the conformational folding or unfolding of large proteins or macromolecular protein complexes. There are a number of classes of molecular chaperones, all of which function to assi ...
, a protein that assists non-covalent folding/unfolding
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Co-chaperone
Co-chaperones are proteins that assist chaperones in protein folding and other functions. Co-chaperones are the non-client binding molecules that assist in protein folding mediated by Hsp70 and Hsp90. They are particularly essential in stimulatio ...
, a protein that assists a chaperone in protein folding and other functions
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Pharmacological chaperone
A pharmacological chaperone or pharmacoperone is a drug that acts as a chaperone (protein), protein chaperone. That is, it contains small molecules that enter cells and serve as a molecular scaffolding in order to cause otherwise-protein folding, ...
, a molecule which stabilizes protein folding, used in treatment for loss of function
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Chaperone-mediated autophagy Chaperone-mediated autophagy (CMA) refers to the chaperone-dependent selection of soluble cytosolic proteins that are then targeted to lysosomes and directly translocated across the lysosome membrane for degradation. The unique features of this type ...
, a selective type of autophagy
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MEAI or "Chaperon", a pharmaceutical drug used as a safer alternative to alcohol
People
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Bob Chaperon (born 1958), a retired Canadian snooker and billiards player
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Nicolas Chaperon (died 1656), a French painter, draughtsman and engraver
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Philippe Chaperon
Philippe Chaperon (2 February 1823 – 21 December 1906) was a French painter and scenic designer, particularly known for his work at the Paris Opera. He produced stage designs for the premieres of numerous 19th-century operas, including Verdi's ...
(1823–1907), a French scenographer
See also
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Chaperonin
HSP60, also known as chaperonins (Cpn), is a family of heat shock proteins originally sorted by their 60kDa molecular mass. They prevent misfolding of proteins during stressful situations such as high heat, by assisting protein folding. HSP60 b ...
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The Chaperone (disambiguation)
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