• Look up globule in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Globule may refer to: Bok globule, dark clouds of dense cosmic dust Drop (liquid), small column of...
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  • molecular biology, the term molten globule (MG) refers to protein states that are more or less compact (hence the "globule"), but are lacking the specific...
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    globules are isolated and relatively small dark nebulae containing dense cosmic dust and gas from which star formation may take place. Bok globules are...
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    The "Finger of God" globule is a Bok globule and dark nebula located around 7,300 light-years away from Earth, within the Carina Nebula. It is ~2 light...
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    the coil–globule transition is the collapse of a macromolecule from an expanded coil state through an ideal coil state to a collapsed globule state, or...
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    Globulation 2 is a real-time strategy game, available in beta as of January 2009. The game updates on an irregular release cycle and is available in many...
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  • Fat globules (also known as mature lipid droplets) are individual pieces of intracellular fat in human cell biology. The lipid droplet's function is to...
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  • Globule was an open-source collaborative content delivery network developed at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam since 2006. It is implemented as a...
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  • A fractal globule also sometimes called a crumpled globule is a name used to describe polymers that have compact local and global scaling. They can be...
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    Milk fat globule membrane (MFGM) is a complex and unique structure composed primarily of lipids and proteins that surrounds milk fat globule secreted...
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    An evaporating gas globule (EGG) is a region of hydrogen gas in outer space approximately 100 astronomical units in size, such that gases shaded by it...
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    IC 2944 (redirect from Thackeray's Globules)
    set of Bok globules discovered in IC 2944 by astronomer A. David Thackeray in 1950. These globules are now known as Thackeray's Globules. In 2MASS images...
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    Initially milk fat is secreted in the form of a fat globule surrounded by a membrane. Each fat globule is composed almost entirely of triacylglycerols and...
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    Milk fat globule-EGF factor 8 protein (Mfge8), also known as lactadherin, is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MFGE8 gene. Mfge8 is a secreted...
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  • prill in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A prill is a small aggregate or globule of a material, most often a dry sphere, formed from a melted liquid through...
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    A thermite reaction using iron(III) oxide. The sparks flying outwards are globules of molten iron trailing smoke in their wake....
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    with Giant Molecular Clouds. Isolated small dark nebulae are called Bok globules. Like other interstellar dust or material, the things it obscures are visible...
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    away from Earth. The piece of the nebula shown here is the dark, dense globule IC 1396A; it is commonly called the Elephant's Trunk nebula because of...
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    for all compositions Coil–globule transition – Collapse of a macromolecule from an expanded coil state to a collapsed globule state "Solution". IUPAC Gold...
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    A bubble is a globule of a gas substance in a liquid. In the opposite case, a globule of a liquid in a gas, is called a drop. Due to the Marangoni effect...
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    Barnard 68 is a molecular cloud, dark absorption nebula or Bok globule, towards the southern constellation Ophiuchus and well within the Milky Way galaxy...
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  • NASA's Johnson Space Center. Her work revealed the existence of organic globules in the Tagish Lake meteorite, furthering our understanding of organic material...
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    (400 pc) from Earth. It is one of several objects referred to as "cometary globules", because its shape is similar to that of a comet. It has a dense head...
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    remnant Plerion H II region Reflection Dark nebulae Molecular cloud Bok globule Proplyd H I region Cosmic scale CMB Cosmic string (hypothet.) Dark matter...
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    their surface astronomers have found knots or globules of denser gas, called EGGs ("Evaporating Gaseous Globules"). Stars are being formed inside some of these...
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    Star formation Object classes Interstellar medium Molecular cloud Bok globule Dark nebula Young stellar object Protostar Pre-main-sequence star T Tauri...
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    2008. Bok globules such as Barnard 68 are only about half a light-year across and weigh in at about two solar masses their size varies: a globule one quarter...
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    v t e Stars List Formation Accretion Molecular cloud Bok globule Young stellar object Protostar Pre-main-sequence Herbig Ae/Be T Tauri Herbig–Haro object...
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    crème fraîche consists of an acid gel composed of milk protein-covered fat globules that tend to agglomerate. This gives the crème fraîche its stability as...
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  • (NMR). The native state of a protein can be distinguished from a molten globule, by among other things, distances measured by NMR. Amino acids widely separated...
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