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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 45 publications over 19 distinct years, with a maximum of 5 publications in 2007 and 2010 and 2011
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