(n) :
an older person who accompanies other younger people to ensure the propriety of their behaviour, often an older woman accompanying a young woman; a protein that assists the non-covalent folding/unfolding and the assembly/disassembly of other macromolecular structures, but does not occur in these structures when the latter are performing their normal biological functions
(v) :
to act as a chaperone
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(n) :
an older person who accompanies other younger people to ensure the propriety of their behaviour, often an older woman accompanying a young woman; a protein that assists the non-covalent folding/unfolding and the assembly/disassembly of other macromolecular structures, but does not occur in these structures when the latter are performing their normal biological functions