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Foldwords

An evolving ontology and student guide to AlphaFold.

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

Understand AlphaFold, one concept at a time.

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Example & analogy
AlphaFold makes several guesses and lines them up best-first.
Formal description
AlphaFold runs multiple models; 'ranked_0' is the most confident.
Why it matters
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Common misunderstanding
Not yet documented for this concept. Nicknames are memory aids, not literal definitions.
Connected concepts
- Ranked model is related to pLDDT Citation ↗
- Ranked model is a type of Predicted structure Citation ↗
Sources & citations
- EMBL-EBI training: AlphaFold course ↗
Check your understanding
Which memory aid describes Ranked model?
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