The phrase "a long backbone" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing physical attributes, metaphorical strength, or resilience.
Example: "The animal is known for its impressive size and a long backbone that supports its powerful movements."
Alternatives: "a lengthy spine" or "an extended backbone".
Polymer bottlebrushes may be viewed as hairy flexible cylinders with a long backbone and a thick corona of densely grafted polymer chains.
By coupling ay-PEO113 onto a long backbone PGA940, wormlike PEO brushes with an average length of 140 nm were prepared as demonstrated by AFM.
With the flagellin three-dimensional structure (PDB code 1IO1) obtained after the DSC study, we know that (N-terminal) D1-D2 lisker is a long backbone segment devoid of any secondary structures that runs under the hydrophobic core of Df1 and residues L159 (most buried), I162, L167, L169, and L172 on the linker contribute side chains to the core.
PHLG-TEP, a phosphonium-containing polypeptide having a sufficient long backbone-to-charge distance (11 σ-bonds), adopted helical conformation with great stability against the change of pH and ionic strength of the polypeptide aqueous solution.
As part of the development, oil companies will build bridges, pave more than 20 roads and run a gas pipeline down the island's long backbone.
The obtained dendrites have interesting morphologies that consist of a long central backbone and parallel symmetry rather than randomly ramified secondary branches.
Using a simple wet chemical route, high-yield silver nanowires with an average diameter of 25±5 nm and length up to several μm and dendrites with a long central backbone and symmetrically ramified secondary branches have been successfully obtained by reducing AgNO3 with L-ascorbic acid (AsA) in the mixed surfactant solutions of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) and sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS).
Terminal alcohols bearing a polar functional group, such as α,ω-diols (Table 1, entries 5 and 6) and ω-carboxy fatty alcohols (Table 1, entry 12), with a long hydrocarbon backbone were also oxidised by long-chain alcohol oxidases (Kumar and Goswami 2006).
With the addition of girders like the one attached on Thursday, the space station will eventually have a 356-foot-long backbone.
Mechanical spectra indicated a presence of super soft states for samples with long backbones or for systems which have been slightly cross-linked (G′<104 Pa).
Recently, for example, other researchers discovered that another enhancer was responsible for snakes' extra ribs and long backbones.
