helical

Modifying Another Word

• mostly: This is the spectrum of myoglobin, a mostly helical protein.

Modifies a noun

• conformation: Such a mutation could for example be in one of the DNA-binding helices introducing a kink in a normally straight and rigid helical conformation.
• filament: Each motor drives a protruding helical filament, and the rotating filaments provide the propulsive force for cells to swim.
• gear: Running in crossed helical gears tend to marginally improve to area of contact.
• coil: Blue is for the helical coils which form the four major portions of the solenoid.
• antenna: The TETRA radios can use either a monopole or a helical antenna.
• bundle: The first residues at N-terminus form a helical bundle composed by two pairs of antiparallel helices.

Used with adjective complement

• cross: For crossed helical gears to operate successfully they must have the same pressure angle and the same normal pitch.