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The great current density in the coiled-coil filament with much heat development results in bright incandescence, that is to say in the generation of visible light.
5. Light Sources for Illuminating Purposes Frank Ponemunski 1991
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The heavy chains comprise a globular head (the motor domain) connected via a short, flexible neck linker to the stalk - a long, central coiled-coil region - that ends in a tail region formed with a light-chain.
WN.com - Articles related to Scientists uncover mysterious workings of cholera bacteria 2010
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Hattula K, Peranen J (2000) FIP-2, a coiled-coil protein, links Huntingtin to Rab8 and modulates cellular morphogenesis.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Hongyu Ying et al. 2010
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It appears that BIN1 recruitment of Cav1. 2 involves a domain distinct from the one that induces membrane curvature, as suggested by endophilin binding to Cav1. 2 in its non-BAR coiled-coil region
PLoS Biology: New Articles Ting-Ting Hong et al. 2010
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These peptides were engineered to have "sticky ends" that interacted to form long fibers which exhibited a natural protein structural motif called the "alpha-helical coiled-coil"; a structure where fibrous proteins coil up like the strands of a rope.
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The heavy chains comprise a globular head (the motor domain) connected via a short, flexible neck linker to the stalk - a long, central coiled-coil region
WN.com - Articles related to Scientists uncover mysterious workings of cholera bacteria 2010
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The heavy chains comprise a globular head (the motor domain) connected via a short, flexible neck linker to the stalk - a long, central coiled-coil region - that ends in a tail region formed with a light-chain.
WN.com - Articles related to Scientists uncover mysterious workings of cholera bacteria 2010
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The heavy chains comprise a globular head (the motor domain) connected via a short, flexible neck linker to the stalk - a long, central coiled-coil region - that ends in a tail region formed with a light-chain.
WN.com - Articles related to Scientists uncover mysterious workings of cholera bacteria 2010
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The heavy chains comprise a globular head (the motor domain) connected via a short, flexible neck linker to the stalk - a long, central coiled-coil region - that ends in a tail region formed with a light-chain.
WN.com - Articles related to Scientists uncover mysterious workings of cholera bacteria 2010
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The heavy chains comprise a globular head (the motor domain) connected via a short, flexible neck linker to the stalk - a long, central coiled-coil region
WN.com - Articles related to Scientists uncover mysterious workings of cholera bacteria 2010
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