"Molecular Chaperones" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A family of cellular proteins that mediate the correct assembly or disassembly of polypeptides and their associated ligands. Although they take part in the assembly process, molecular chaperones are not components of the final structures.
| Descriptor ID |
D018832
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.580
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| Concept/Terms |
Molecular Chaperones- Molecular Chaperones
- Molecular Chaperone
- Chaperone, Molecular
- Chaperones, Molecular
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Transethnic genome-wide scan identifies novel Alzheimer's disease loci. Alzheimers Dement. 2017 Jul; 13(7):727-738.