The alternation of b-strand and bend segments produces a ' b-serpentine' conformation for the peptide backbone.
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He was a frequent contributor to scientific journals, writing on the crystalline limestones, the origin of continents, the chemistry of the primeval earth, on serpentines, etc.
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The vegetation of ultramafic (serpentine) soils.
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The ecology ofserpentinesoils.
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If that threat was delivered today, it carried all theserpentineterror of attack by slow-worm.
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The main thing to keep remembering, when we next confront theseserpentinenegotiators, is not to let faith, hope and rhetoric run off with our wits.
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Theserpentineearly track often has a reddish orange frass stain that occasionally zigzags from side to side.
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Accessory and alteration minerals include hornblende, biotite, apatite, pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite,serpentine, chlorite, and calcite.
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A 5-loopserpentinewas introduced, to be ridden at the canter, both with flying lead changes and with counter-canter loops.
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Birbhum is known not only for its red soil and the shallowserpentinerivers ridden with sand islands, but also for the notable poets.
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The mine is linear, very long, irregularly curved, sometimesserpentineand transparently whitish in appearance, without any trace of frass.
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The plant grows in chaparral, scrub, and other local plant communities, often onserpentinesoils.
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A major, consistent chemical feature ofserpentinesoil is a bioavailable calcium:magnesium ratio much less than 1.
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Common features of the stream terrace are friableserpentinesoils that are stable, not eroding, and not prone to frost heave.
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Crosscutting veins are mainly mineralized byserpentineminerals (like cross fibers of chrysotile) and magnetite.
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