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beta structure; pleated sheet (s) (noun); beta structures; pleated sheets
A type of secondary structure of proteins in which several parallel polypeptide chains are cross-linked by intermolecular hydrogen bonds, resulting in a flexible, strong arrangement.
This entry is located in the following units: beta; B, β + (page 2) stru-, struct-, -structure, -struction, -structive (page 1)