Sentence examples for serving as a nucleus from inspiring English sources

Soil organic matter (SOM) indirectly contributes to soil structure by serving as a nucleus for aggregate formation (Six et al. 1998).

Possible functions of these capsid-proximal organized tegument proteins may be involved in serving as a nucleus for further tegument assembly.

We further examined the relatedness of these individuals and discussed their utility for serving as a nucleus for re-establishing tortoises on Floreana Island that have now been absent for over a century.

Mr. Adhami — who was for a brief period chosen to direct religious programming for the proposed cultural center and mosque near ground zero — said he hoped the new Met galleries would not only help bridge cultural differences between America and the Muslim world but serve as a nucleus for American Muslims, whom he sees as woefully unaware of the riches of their cultural past.

Excellent facilities at FSEC PV Materials Lab are one of its kinds and could serve as a nucleus of a small pilot plant for CIGSS thin film solar cell fabrication.

The disulfide-stabilized helix from apamin served as a nucleus for a helix that extended for a further ten residues, thereby holding apaMyoD's DNA recognition helix in a predominantly α-helical conformation.

The core of this cluster, centered near the N-terminus of αTS, serves as a nucleus for the stabilization of what appears to be nonnative secondary structure in a marginally stable intermediate.

Just as NASA serves as a nucleus of aspiration for future scientists, famous women in science will do the same for young girls.