conformation
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For generations, the world’s top horse breeders have carefully mixed bloodlines for temperament, strength, conformation and athleticism.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026
The protein adopts one conformation outside a condensate and a different one inside it.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 26, 2026
Some fans have received conformation of their success in the ticket ballot, with fans taking to TikTok to share their joy.
From BBC ● Feb. 10, 2026
Previous studies have shown that mammalian cells express several hundreds of molecular chaperones, proteins that preserve or change the three-dimensional conformation of existing proteins.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 30, 2024
At least with our level of chemical intuition, there was unlikely to be any single conformation much prettier than the rest.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
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