Medical Definition of Secondary structure
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Structures produced in polypeptide chains involving interactions between amino acids within the chain. Especially _ helical and _ pleated sheet structures. Also applies to the complex folding of nucleic acids as, for example: the clover leaf structure of tRNA.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
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