- tetramer
- noun Date: 1929 a molecule (as an enzyme or a polymer) that consists of four structural subunits (as peptide chains or condensed monomers) • tetrameric adjective
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tetramer — tetramér adj. m., pl. tetraméri; f. sg. tetraméră, pl. tetramére Trimis de siveco, 10.08.2004. Sursa: Dicţionar ortografic TETRAMÉR, Ă adj. Constituit din patru părţi; (biol.) care se divide în pa … Dicționar Român
Tetramer — A tetramer is a protein with four subunits (tetrameric). There are homo tetramers (all subunits are identical) such as glutathione S transferase or single strand binding protein, dimers of hetero dimers such as haemoglobin (a dimer of an… … Wikipedia
tetramer — oligomer o*lig o*mer, n. (Chem.) A molecule composed of a small number of linked monomer units; a short polymer; compounds called oligomers have less than one hundred monomer units and usually less than thirty. Oligomers of increasing length are… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
tetramer — tetrameras statusas T sritis chemija apibrėžtis Keturių vienodų molekulių susijungimo produktas. atitikmenys: angl. tetramer rus. тетрамер … Chemijos terminų aiškinamasis žodynas
Tetramer assay — A tetramer assay is used to detect the presence of antigen specific T cells. In order for a T cell to detect the peptide to which it is specific, it must both recognize the peptide AND the MHC complex at the surface of a cell it comes into… … Wikipedia
Tetramer — Das Suffix mer (griech. meros, Teil) findet vor allem in Chemie und Biochemie zur allgemeinen Benennung von Molekülen Verwendung. Bei einer Reihe von Molekülen, die sich aus einer überschaubaren Anzahl von Untereinheiten zusammensetzen, wird ein… … Deutsch Wikipedia
tetramer — /te treuh meuhr/, n. 1. a molecule composed of four identical, simpler molecules. 2. a polymer derived from four identical monomers. Cf. oligomer. [1905 10; TETRA + MER] * * * … Universalium
tetramer — noun An oligomer having four subunits … Wiktionary
Tetramer — Te|t|ra|mer [↑ tetra (2) u. ↑ mer] ↑ Oligomer. * * * te|t|ra|mer <Adj.> [zu griech. méros = Teil] (Bot.): (von ↑ Wirteln 2) viergliederig. * * * te|tra|mer <Adj.> [zu griech. méros = Teil] (Bot.): (von Wirteln 2 … Universal-Lexikon
tetramer — tet·ra·mer te trə mər n a molecule (as an enzyme or a polymer) that consists of four structural subunits (as peptide chains or condensed monomers) tet·ra·mer·ic .te trə mer ik adj * * * tet·ra·mer (tetґrə mur″) a compound composed of… … Medical dictionary
