random coil
A sequence of amino acids that has neither alpha-helical nor beta-sheet structure. Proteins consisting of alpha helixes or beta sheets are reduced to random coils upon denaturing. Compare alpha helix beta sheet.
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Words nearby random coil
rando, Randolph, random, random access, random-access memory, random coil, random error, randomize, random line, random mating, random number
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