conformation

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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

On the contrary, PCs become thin, orient themselves close to the flow axis and maintain a fixed, stretched and non-tumbling conformation under shear.

From Science Daily • Apr. 4, 2024

In a rose garden, a rose is a rose because of geraniol, a 10-carbon compound, and it is the geometric conformation of atoms and their bond angles that determine the unique fragrance.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas