Chaperone or Chaperon may refer to:
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Chaperone (social) 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 and a medical practitioner as a safeguard for both parties during a medical examination or procedure. The exact responsibilities vary according to the clinical ...
, 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, highly versatile hat worn in all parts of Western Europe in the Middle Ages. Initially a utilitarian garment, it first grew a long partly decorative tail behind called ...
, 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, a protein that assists a chaperone in protein folding and other functions
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Pharmacological chaperone, a molecule which stabilizes protein folding, used in treatment for loss of function
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Chaperone-mediated autophagy, a selective type of autophagy
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MEAI
MEAI (5-methoxy-2-aminoindane or 5-MeO-AI or Chaperon) belongs to the indane family of molecules. Its molecular structure was first mentioned implicitly in a markush structure schema appearing in a patent from 1998. It was later explicitly and pha ...
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
Nicolas Chaperon (bapt. 19 October 1612, in Châteaudun – 1656 in Lyon) was a French painter, draughtsman and engraver, a student in Paris of Simon Vouet whose style he adopted before he was further matured by his stay in Rome (1642–51) in ...
(died 1656), a French painter, draughtsman and engraver
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Philippe Chaperon (1823–1907), a French scenographer
See also
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Chaperonin
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The Chaperone (disambiguation) The Chaperone may refer to:
* ''The Chaperone'' (2011 film)
* ''The Chaperone'' (2018 film)
* "The Chaperone" (''Seinfeld'')
* "The Chaperone" (''SpongeBob SquarePants'')
* "The Chaperone" (''The Monkees'')
See also
* The Chaperones
The Chap ...
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