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Foldwords

An evolving ontology and student guide to AlphaFold.

34 terms, explained for students — from amino acids to confidence scores.

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Example & analogy
Every bead can message every other bead, no matter how far apart.
Formal description
Borrowed from language models (transformers). Lets residues far apart in sequence 'talk' if they're close in space.
Why it matters
Not yet documented for this concept.
Common misunderstanding
Not yet documented for this concept. Nicknames are memory aids, not literal definitions.
Connected concepts
- Attention is related to Evoformer Citation ↗
- Evoformer is related to Attention Citation ↗
Sources & citations
- Jumper et al. 2021, Nature (AlphaFold 2 paper) ↗
Check your understanding
Which memory aid describes Attention?
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