structural basis
collocation in Englishmeaningsofstructuralandbasis
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structural
adjective
uk/ˈstrʌk.tʃər.əl/us/ˈstrʌk.tʃɚ.əl/
relating to the way in which parts of a system or object ...
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basis
noun[C]
uk/ˈbeɪ.sɪs/us/ˈbeɪ.sɪs/
the most important facts, ideas, etc. from which something ...
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Thestructuralbasisfor receptor specificity has not yet been adequately resolved.
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Active and inactive protein kinases -structuralbasisfor regulation.
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Besides thisstructuralbasisfor the frequent changes of employment by servants, this study indicates other contributing factors.
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The study of heterotypic channels has been particularly useful for understanding thestructuralbasisof voltage sensitivity and other properties.
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Astructuralbasisfor omnidirectional connections between starburst amacrine cells and directionally selective ganglion cells in rabbit retina, with associated bipolar cells.
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This might provide astructuralbasisfor the erasure of existing memory and might also lead to better performance in future memory tasks.
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A basement membrane, which includes embedded pericytes, together with the astrocyte foot processes provide thestructuralbasisfor the perivascular space.
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In recent years, molecular cloning and site-directed mutagenesis of ion channels have enabled new insights into thestructuralbasisof the allosteric transitions.
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High resolution refinement of b-galactosidase in a new crystal form reveals multiple metal-binding sites and provides astructuralbasisfor a-complementation.
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Thestructuralbasisfor all those functions is long-term memory, a vast array of cortical networks formed by prior experience and the consequent synaptic modulation.
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Examining the evidence for a commonstructuralbasisto autism.
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Due to this situation, analysis of connexin voltage-dependence and itsstructuralbasisis largely indirect, and therefore prone to error.
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More often it is not a single network but a set of cooperating neural networks that forms thestructuralbasisof pattern generation and recognition.
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Thestructuralbasisfor 14-3-3 : phosphopeptide binding specificity.
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There are as yet no clues about thestructuralbasisof coupling.
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What is thestructuralbasis?
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Only one-third of all possible ties, on average, actually exist, thus there is littlestructuralbasis for network members to work together to provide social support.
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Epidermal keratin filaments assembled in vitro have masses-per-unitlength that scale according to average subunit mass :structuralbasisfor homologous packing of subunits in intermediate filaments.
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