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Example sentences for: steric

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G is preferred because of close steric contacts with an adjacent β strand.
Our results confirm that the important changes are indeed associated with subunit B. We also point out that the RNA main chain passes near ThrB59, causing us to wonder whether some substitutions here create steric clashes, thus contributing to an RNA-binding defect by introducing an unfavorable contact.
Probe density may result in steric effects [ 17 ] and could affect the efficiency of duplex formation and kinetics of target capture [ 18 ] .
However, in the complex with RAR-α, this ketone oxygen shares an hydrogen atom with the hydroxyl group of serine 234, and forms a stabilizing hydrogen bond, while a steric clash occurs in the other two RAR isoforms, where residue 234 is an alanine.
The sensitivity of the activity to relatively small structural changes in our work indicates either that amphiphilicity and steric and specific axial ligand effects significantly control binding to the virion target, or that more than one mechanism of inhibition is operational.