helical structure

collocation in English

meaningsofhelicalandstructure

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helical
adjective
uk
/ˈhiː.lɪ.kəl/us
/ˈhiː.lɪ.kəl/
in the shape of a helix (= a curve that goes around a central tube or cone shape in the form of ...
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structure
noun
uk
/ˈstrʌk.tʃər/us
/ˈstrʌk.tʃɚ/
the way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in ...
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In both cases the sequences have a significant local propensity to adopthelicalstructure.
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This showed the presence of a thermal unfolding intermediate which had substantialhelicalstructurebut lacked persistent tertiary interactions.
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As a thermodynamic phase of a protein, it may contain some secondaryhelicalstructure.
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In the present paper, an exact solution with non-propagatinghelicalstructurein a uniform magnetic field, and with time-dependent amplitude, is obtained.
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Most significant in these studies is the fact that the lactoglobulin polypeptide chain has a high intrinsic propensity to formhelicalstructure.
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The 1 4 linkages between the saccharide units result in a rigidhelicalstructurefor which a full turn requires six saccharide units.
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The chemoselective ruthenium-catalysed olefin metathesis reaction was used to 'staple' together the two alkene tethers to provide peptides that maintainhelicalstructure, but with enhanced stability.
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These residues give rise to collagen'shelicalstructure.
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It is a liquid crystal material forming cholesteric liquid crystals withhelicalstructure.
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Spermine is associated with nucleic acids and is thought to stabilizehelicalstructure, in particular, in viruses.
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Calcium regulates the protein calmodulin, and, when bound to calmodulin, it produces an alphahelicalstructure.
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Creating an entirehelicalstructurerelies on a set of translational and rotational matrices which are coded in the protein data bank.
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