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Right-handed helix
By analogy with the right hand, a helix, e.g. of a polypeptide, that advances towards the C-terminus in the direction of the extended thumb as the backbone of a chain turns in the direction of the fingers closing on the palm. A left-handed helix has the opposite sense.
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