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Folding

Folding

1. The act of making a fold or folds; also, a fold; a doubling; a plication. The lower foldings of the vest. (Addison)

2. (Science: agriculture) The keepig of sheep in inclosures on arable land, etc. Folding boat, a portable boat made by stretching canvas, etc, over jointed framework, used in campaigning, and by tourists, etc. Folding chair, a chair which may be shut up compactly for carriage or stowage; a camp chair. Folding door, one of two or more doors filling a single and hung upon hinges.


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Re: Sound and how the brain reacts to it

I'm really glad I found this post...I have experienced the same thing my whole life. The sounds of folding paper, library books with plastic covers opening and closing, the scratching of a pencil across paper, they all put me in a trance-like state that you all have been ...

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by kgreener
Tue May 21, 2013 7:02 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Sound and how the brain reacts to it
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Protein structure

... signature and you get two lines, which would be the polypeptide (peptide chain). Second level: take the line and start arranging it by bending and folding it to your signature. The individual bends and folds are the second level. Third level: The first name and the last name individually as individual ...

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by akatalitha
Thu Sep 20, 2012 5:22 am
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: Protein structure
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In Vitro Protein Folding- Future prospect or current Reality

... proteins in biotechnology (ie insulin). Our professor said that this field is huge/booming since there is such a problem with in vitro protein folding. Being a skeptic, I asked if they were able to get insulin (a multi-subunit protein) to fold and be functional, then why can't they get others ...

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by DanteHalden
Mon Mar 19, 2012 8:26 pm
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: In Vitro Protein Folding- Future prospect or current Reality
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SOS RESPONSE! Recombinant DNA

... course, you will also need the correct signals to tell it to stop in the case of transcription.) Also, you can get incorrect processing, incorrect folding, or degradation in any system that is not the same one that the protein comes from (and sometimes even in the same one, if the conditions aren't ...

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by AstraSequi
Sun Feb 12, 2012 1:44 am
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: SOS RESPONSE! Recombinant DNA
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Re: Denatured protein

... fixed, unless someone have found something to fix the denatured protein Incorrect. It will depend on the protein. If it is capable of spontaneous folding, it will probably refold when environment returns to normal. If it needs chaperones to help it fold, it would not refold. Ex: water soluble ...

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by Cat
Sun Nov 27, 2011 5:47 pm
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: Denatured protein
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