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Ramachandran plot

Ramachandran plot noun: a diagram that visualizes the energetically allowed regions for backbone dihedral angles ψ against φ of amino acid residues in protein structure.

ramachandran plot: a diagram that visualizes the energetically allowed regions for backbone dihedral angles ψ against...
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Noun

Ramachandran plot (plural Ramachandran plots)

  1. A diagram that visualizes the energetically allowed regions for backbone dihedral angles ψ against φ of amino acid residues in protein structure.

Synonyms of Ramachandran plot

Forms of Ramachandran plot

pluralRamachandran plots

Origin of Ramachandran plot

Named after G. N. Ramachandran, one of the people who developed it in 1963.

Questions about Ramachandran plot

What does Ramachandran plot mean?
Ramachandran plot means a diagram that visualizes the energetically allowed regions for backbone dihedral angles ψ against φ of amino acid residues in protein structure.
What part of speech is Ramachandran plot?
Ramachandran plot is a noun.
What is the plural of Ramachandran plot?
The plural of Ramachandran plot is Ramachandran plots.

Words near Ramachandran plot in the dictionary

  1. Rama
  2. Ramachandra
  3. Ramachandran
  4. Ramachandran diagram
  5. Ramachandran diagrams
  6. Ramachandran plot
  7. Ramachandran plots
  8. Ramachandrans
  9. RAMAcraft
  10. RAMAcrafts
  11. ramada

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