structure-function

Interfield relations included part-whole relations (e.g., genes are parts of chromosomes), structure-function relations (e.g., an identified molecule functions as the repressor in gene regulation), and cause and effect relations.

Molecular Biology Darden, Lindley 2009

But the biological evolution that resulted in the emergence of the structure-function Systems of plant and animal bodies was a purely physiological process in which no trace of a conscious activity on the part of the cells can be discovered.

Confirmation Bias and ID 2006

” This research, appearing in the current issue of Nature has revealed how the internal motion of proteins affects their function and overturns the standard view of protein structure-function relationships, suggesting why rational drug design has been so difficult.

Speedlinking 7/19/07 William Harryman 2007

Using blood sampled from my arm in the first aid station, a Japanese colleague at Bell Labs, Dr. Tetsuo Yamane, prepared "hemoglobin (KW)", and within a few months we found entirely new avenues of deriving information on structure-function correlations from the NMR spectra of hemoglobin and other hemoproteins.

Kurt Wüthrich - Autobiography 2003

It has been very satisfying, in this case, to see established scientists, working in the various subdisciplines of biochemistry, come together in nation-wide collaborations to solve important problems in protein structure-function analysis and to work with Canadian industry in improving technology transfer which has been less than optimal in the past.

Michael Smith - Autobiography 1994

Numa suggested we collaborate combining patch clamp and recombinant DNA techniques to establish structure-function relations of the acetylcholine receptor.

Bert Sakmann - Autobiography 1992

As a result, I was well equipped to follow my strong interest in structure-function relations of ion channels and in the synaptogenesis of the neuromuscular junction.

Bert Sakmann - Autobiography 1992

Dr Zhukovsky received his PhD in biochemistry from Brandeis University for studies of GPCR structure-function relationships employing the visual pigment rhodopsin.

Reuters: Press Release 2011

Congress expressly authorized structure-function claims when it deregulated dietary supplements in 1994.

SFGate: Top News Stories Marion Nestle 2011

The FDA says nothing about structure-function claims on food products.

SFGate: Top News Stories Marion Nestle 2011