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heptahelical

heptahelical adjective: having seven helices; especially describing a portion of a protein having seven associated α-helices.

Adjective

heptahelical (not comparable)

  1. having seven helices; especially describing a portion of a protein having seven associated α-helices

Origin of heptahelical

From hepta- + helical.

Words formed from heptahelical

  • heptahelical domain
  • heptahelical receptor

Questions about heptahelical

What does heptahelical mean?
Heptahelical means having seven helices; especially describing a portion of a protein having seven associated α-helices.
What part of speech is heptahelical?
Heptahelical is an adjective.

Words near heptahelical in the dictionary

  1. heptahedra
  2. heptahedral
  3. heptahedron
  4. heptahedrons
  5. heptahelic
  6. heptahelical
  7. heptahelicene
  8. heptahelicenes
  9. heptahex
  10. heptahexahedral
  11. heptahexes

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