Word: pleated
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...naming the shapes and knowing precisely how they are formed are two different things. Proteins twist and pleat themselves as they're synthesized. These basic forms are then further folded and linked to other proteins to create the uberstructures crucial to protein chemistry. Scientists traditionally dissect the atomic details of these folds by observing how crystallized proteins scatter X rays--experiments that can take years to complete. But robots and powerful X-ray generators have lately boosted the pace of discovery. Structures that two decades ago would have taken a couple of researchers 10 years to crack...