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alpha helices

alpha helices is the plural of alpha helix.

Meaning of alpha helix

Noun

alpha helix (plural alpha helices or alpha helixes)

  1. A secondary structure found in many proteins, in which the amino acids are arranged in a coil, or helix, with almost no free space on the inside and all side chains being pointed towards the outside

Questions about alpha helices

What is alpha helices the plural of?
Alpha helices is the plural of alpha helix.

Words near alpha helices in the dictionary

  1. alpha geek
  2. alpha geeks
  3. Alpha Geminorum
  4. alpha globin
  5. alpha globins
  6. alpha helices
  7. alpha helix
  8. alpha helixes
  9. Alpha Herculis
  10. alpha hinge
  11. alpha hinges

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