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Beta (β)-ribbon

A DNA-recognition motif; a segment of antiparallel β-structure that can fit into the major groove of a double-stranded polynucleotide and bind to it due to very specific interactions between side chains of the protein and phosphate residues and edges of base pairs of the polynucleotide.

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