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I-sites
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Noun
p I-site
en biochemistry A protein folding initiation site motif consisting of an amino acid sequence pattern and a local structure type.
Usage notes
The singular is rare and often only used attributively.
References
Bystroff, Christopher; Baker, David (1998). "Prediction of local structure in proteins using a library of sequence-structure motifs". Journal of Molecular Biology. 281 (3): 565–77. pmid:9698570. doi:10.1006/jmbi.1998.1943.
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