secondary structure

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secondary structure (countable and uncountable, plural secondary structures)

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

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  • Berg, Jeremy M. with Tymoczko, John L. and Stryer, Lubert (2002) “Protein Structure and Function (section: Summary)”, in Biochemistry‎[1], 5th edition, W. H. Freedman and Company, →ISBN, retrieved 5 December 2009.
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