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+{{tag>structure}}
+====== Hairpin =======
+This is a term used to describe a [[glossary:motif | motif]] of two sequential secondary structures joined
+by a loop which folds back on itself to form a 'hairpin' structure. e.g.
+[[glossary:beta hairpin | beta hairpin]],[[glossary: alpha_hairpin | alpha hairpin]].

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