Sentence examples for main structural proteins from inspiring English sources

Crystallins are the main structural proteins of the lens, while filensin, a member of the intermediate filaments protein superfamily exclusively expressed in the eye lens, is essential for lens function, and specifically contributes to the optical properties of the lens by maintaining the three dimensional architecture of lens fiber cells.

Genomic RNA, of ∼12,000 nt, consists of two open reading frames (ORF): the first, translated from genomic RNA, encodes the four non-structural proteins (nsP1 4), whilst the second ORF is translated from sub-genomic RNA to produce the three main structural proteins (capsid, E2 and E1).

The NDV genome consists of 15 kb pairs of nonsegmented, single-stranded RNA, which code for six main structural proteins.

The main structural proteins that constitute the epithelial tight junctions are the occludins [ 24] and the claudins [ 25].

GJA1 (connexin 43) is one of the main structural proteins in myometrial gap junctions; its expression is stimulated by oestradiol and inhibited by progesterone [ 34].

HIV-1 has a small genome encoding the main structural proteins Gag, Pol and Env, the regulatory proteins Tat and Rev, and the accessory proteins Nef, Vif, Vpr, and Vpu (Frankel and Young, 1998).

They also react with antibodies to collagen, the main structural protein in cartilage, suggesting that it is present, too.She has, she believes, found both blood cells and bone cells that are more or less intact, as well as other soft-tissue features such as fibrous collagen matrices.

Collagen is the main structural protein in animal connective tissue and the most abundant protein in mammals.

Manganese takes part in the formation of plasmatic and extracellular proteins, for example collagen, the main structural protein of connective tissues [16].

Collagen is the main structural protein in the extracellular matrix which is biocompatible, biodegradable, and has shown wound-healing properties (Li et al. 2002; Rho et al. 2006; Chen et al. 2008; POWELL et al. 2008).

Objectives: Factors associated with decreased plasma high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol concentration, or hypoalphalipoproteinemia, include androgenic steroids and mutations in APOA1, encoding apolipoprotein (apo) A-I, the main structural protein of HDL.