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- noun Plural form of
chaperonin .
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In biology, a group of proteins called chaperonins makes sure that proteins are folded properly to carry out their assigned roles in the cells.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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In biology, a group of proteins called chaperonins makes sure that proteins are folded properly to carry out their assigned roles in the cells.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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In biology, a group of proteins called chaperonins makes sure that proteins are folded properly to carry out their assigned roles in the cells.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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In biology, a group of proteins called chaperonins makes sure that proteins are folded properly to carry out their assigned roles in the cells.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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He put this question to the audience each time he added another requirement for life onto his list ribosomes, chaperonins, regulatory proteins,multicellularity, differentiated cell types, biochemical pathways, chromosomal rearrangements, sexual reproduction...
Ideas from a creationist Rosie Redfield 2008
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He put this question to the audience each time he added another requirement for life onto his list ribosomes, chaperonins, regulatory proteins,multicellularity, differentiated cell types, biochemical pathways, chromosomal rearrangements, sexual reproduction...
Archive 2008-09-01 Rosie Redfield 2008
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The discovery of chaperonins means that a general, works-for-every-protein folding solution may still not be possible.
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GroEL, a member of a large family of chaperonins, works in concert with GroES to encapsulate a substrate protein, isolating it as it folds.
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Further studies using this new method may help to determine whether the failure of chaperonins is responsible for pathogenic aggregation, clumping of protein, that leads to disease.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Further studies using this new method may help to determine whether the failure of chaperonins is responsible for pathogenic aggregation, clumping of protein, that leads to disease.
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