conformation
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"Realizing that protein conformation depends on location gives us multiple ways to engineer cellular function," says Daniel Scholl, first author and former postdoctoral researcher in the Lasker and Deniz labs.
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
Multi-layer soft materials first generate a rough mechanical conformation to the substrate, reducing leaking apertures to just micrometres.
From Science Daily • Apr. 18, 2024
Previous structures from X-ray crystallization revealed that formins are made of two identical parts that encircle the actin filament in a ring-like conformation and step along it as it grows.
From Science Daily • Apr. 16, 2024
About a year before that triumph, Bragg, Kendrew, and Perutz had published a systematic paper on the conformation of the polypeptide chain, an attack that missed the point.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
Vocabulary lists containing conformation
Shape Up: Form
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The Double Helix
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