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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
A grid of who-sits-next-to-whom for every pair of beads.
Formal description
An N×N table the network refines to encode distances and orientations.
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
- Pair representation is related to Evoformer Citation ↗
- Pair representation is used by Evoformer Citation ↗
- Triangle update is related to Pair representation Citation ↗
Sources & citations
- Jumper et al. 2021, Nature (AlphaFold 2 paper) ↗
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