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Chaperonin 60

"Chaperonin 60" 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 group I chaperonin protein that forms the barrel-like structure of the chaperonin complex. It is an oligomeric protein with a distinctive structure of fourteen subunits, arranged in two rings of seven subunits each. The protein was originally studied in BACTERIA where it is commonly referred to as GroEL protein.


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Bar chart showing 6 publications over 6 distinct years, with a maximum of 1 publications in 1994 and 1995 and 1996 and 1997 and 2001 and 2014
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