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chaperonopathy

chaperonopathy noun: any disease associated with a faulty chaperone (protein).

Noun

chaperonopathy (plural chaperonopathies)

  1. Any disease associated with a faulty chaperone (protein).
    • There are many chaperonopathies already classified as such but here we will deal only with those affecting Hsp70 family members, briefly, and specifically in more detail with those pertaining to one of the members of this family, HSPA9B or mortalin.2012, Sunil C. Kaul, Mortalin Biology: Life, Stress and Death, page 210

Forms of chaperonopathy

pluralchaperonopathies

Origin of chaperonopathy

From chaperone + -pathy.

Questions about chaperonopathy

What does chaperonopathy mean?
Chaperonopathy means any disease associated with a faulty chaperone (protein).
What part of speech is chaperonopathy?
Chaperonopathy is a noun.
What is the plural of chaperonopathy?
The plural of chaperonopathy is chaperonopathies.

Words near chaperonopathy in the dictionary

  1. chaperoning
  2. chaperonings
  3. chaperonins
  4. chaperonless
  5. chaperonopathies
  6. chaperonopathy
  7. chaperons
  8. chaperonship
  9. chapes
  10. chapess
  11. chapesses

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