Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The formation of a tube or tubule; the disposition or arrangement of a set of tubes.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Chem.) The act of shaping or making a tube, or of providing with a tube; also, a tube or tubulure.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A tubular form

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  • The paper, "Steric confinement of proteins on lipid membranes can drive curvature and tubulation," presents a new scientific understanding about the bending and curvatures of protein membranes.

    Media Newswire media-newswire.com 2010

  • The paper, "Steric confinement of proteins on lipid membranes can drive curvature and tubulation," presents a new scientific understanding about the bending and curvatures of protein membranes.

    Media Newswire media-newswire.com 2010

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