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.; Tymoczko, John L.; Stryer, Lubert (2002), “Protein Structure and Function (section: Summary)”, in Biochemistry, 5th edition, W. H. Freedman and Company, →ISBN.
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