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Many observers attributed the economy's decline to deep structural factors--institutions that failed to adapt to a changing world, missed opportunities to capitalize on new technologies, and general rigidity and lack of flexibility.
At the outset, we cannot make any strict criterion for rigidity.
The structural rigidity of rib cartilage is greatly compromised, fatally interfering with pulmonary function, and vertebral cartilage is so weak that the skeleton often disassembles during skeletal preparation [ 1 ] . These results suggest that Hoxc-8 continues to regulate skeletal development well beyond pattern formation in a tissue-specific manner, presumably by controlling the progression of cells along the chondrocyte differentiation pathway.
Collagen is an integral component of the arterial wall, providing rigidity and support.
The amino acids Methionine, Proline, Tryptophan and Glutamine occur predominantly in the rigid tripeptides and not as much in the other two categories, suggesting that Methionine, Proline, Tryptophan and Glutamine can cause structural rigidity in a tripeptide.