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CHAPERONE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

One who accompanies and supervises a young woman or gatherings of young people

Synonyms:

chaperon; chaperone

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("chaperone" is a kind of...):

defender; guardian; protector; shielder (a person who cares for persons or property)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "chaperone"):

den mother (a woman who supervises a den of Cub Scouts)

duenna (a woman chaperon)

housemother (a woman employed as a chaperon in a residence for young people)

Derivation:

chaperone (accompany as a chaperone)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Accompany as a chaperone

Synonyms:

chaperon; chaperone

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "chaperone" is one way to...):

escort (accompany as an escort)

"Chaperone" entails doing...:

protect (shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

chaperone (one who accompanies and supervises a young woman or gatherings of young people)

Credits

 Context examples: 

This allele, which encodes LDLR chaperone MESD protein, plays a role in the modulation of the folding of low-density lipoprotein receptor family proteins.

(MESDC2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Pharmaceutical chaperones may help stabilize the protein structure thereby restoring folding and/or preventing misfolding of the protein.

(Pharmacological Chaperone, NCI Thesaurus)

In addition, as Hsp90 is a molecular chaperone, inhibition of its function may increase the cytotoxic effect of other antifungal agents.

(Efungumab, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene is involved in protein chaperone activity.

(DNAJB6 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

DNAJ proteins are co-chaperones that modulate the ATPase activity of DNAK (Hsp70) proteins.

(DNAJ Protein, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes DnaJ homolog subfamily B member 4 protein, plays a role in the regulation of protein chaperone activity.

(DNAJB4 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes BAG family molecular chaperone regulator 4 protein, plays a role in the regulation of apoptosis through the suppression of both tumor necrosis factor receptor signaling and protein chaperone function.

(BAG4 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Alvespimycin binds to HSP90, a chaperone protein that aids in the assembly, maturation and folding of proteins.

(Alvespimycin, NCI Thesaurus)

Ansamycin antibiotics bind to and inhibit the cytosolic chaperone functions of heat shock protein 90 (HSP90).

(Ansamycin Antineoplastic Antibiotic, NCI Thesaurus)

The team next tested a small “chaperone” molecule called NCGC607 on the neurons.

(Molecule may impact Gaucher, Parkinson’s disease, NIH)