Molecular Chaperones

"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.

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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.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Molecular Chaperones" by people in this website by year, and whether "Molecular Chaperones" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 55 publications over 26 distinct years, with a maximum of 7 publications in 2004
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