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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. The protein structure characterized by folding of the peptide chain into an alpha helix, beta sheet, or random coil.
  2. n. The folded, helical structure of double-stranded DNA.

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  1. n. biochemistry The general three-dimensional structure of a biopolymer such as DNA or a protein.

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  1. turn
  1. beta sheet
  1. random coil
  1. alpha helix

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  1. primary structure
  1. tertiary structure
  1. quaternary structure

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  1. digestion products
  2. cenogenesis
  1. stylolite
  2. beta structure
  1. organic
  2. pseudo-dipteral
  1. suborder
  2. endocrystallic
  1. epiphenomenalism
  2. pyrrol

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