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 Byron's Bender, invented by crystallographer Byron Rubin<ref>Rubin, Byron; Richardson Jane S. The simple construction of protein alpha-carbon models. Biopolymers. 1972; 11(11):2381-5. [https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/bip.1972.360111116 PDF]</ref><ref>Rubin, Byron. 1985. Macromolecule backbone models. ''Methods in Enzymology'' '''115''':391-7.</ref>, is a machine designed to bend wire into the backbone trace of a protein model. The machine was manufactured by the Charles Supper Company in Natick Massachusetts<ref>[http://www.charles-supper.com/en/page/product.cfm?idProduct=33 Supper Protein Wire Model Bender]</ref>, and widely used by crystallographers in the 1970's and 1980's.
-Wire is advanced in fixed-length increments, representing the distances between alpha-carbon atoms. A dihedral angle is then set on dials, and a lever is pulled to bend the wire to the specified angle. Often, the emerging wire model collides with the machine. Then, the wire is cut, and later fastened end to end with a small metal sleeve.
+Wire is advanced in fixed-length increments, representing the distances between alpha-carbon atoms. A dihedral angle is then set on dials, and a lever is pulled to bend the wire to the specified angle. Often, the emerging wire model collides with the machine. Then, the wire is cut, and later the resulting segments are fastened end to end with small metal sleeves.
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