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Protein Structure, Secondary

"Protein Structure, Secondary" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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The level of protein structure in which regular hydrogen-bond interactions within contiguous stretches of polypeptide chain give rise to ALPHA-HELICES; BETA-STRANDS (which align to form BETA-SHEETS), or other types of coils. This is the first folding level of protein conformation.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Protein Structure, Secondary" by people in this website by year, and whether "Protein Structure, Secondary" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 277 publications over 30 distinct years, with a maximum of 23 publications in 2011
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