Sentences with phrase «helical nature»

These resulted in significant contributions to our understanding of the solution conditions that determine polypeptide conformation and to the development of techniques, particularly optical rotatory dispersion, for determining the - helical and β - sheet contents of various key proteins (4)(most notably myoglobin, the helical content of which was confirmed by John Kendrew's X-ray structure analysis) as well as the helical nature of the three - stranded protein collagen.

Photograph 51, named for Franklin's famous x-ray image that revealed the helical nature of DNA, tells the story of her rocky relationship with the other personalities in the race to uncover the molecule's structure.

CMA retains the triple helical nature of type - I collagen and the ability to self - assemble into fibers and a fibrillar hydrogel.