________ proteins stabilize partially folded parts of proteins in their correct form.

A) Chaperone

B) Signal sequences

C) Proteasomes

D) Ubiquitin


A) Chaperone

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You are a genetic counselor working with a phenotypically normal young couple who have been referred because the wife has a family history of a mitochondrial disorder that results in considerable dysfunction

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