Any chemical reaction in which two monomers react to form a dimer(noun)
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Use "dimerization" in a sentence
"But because GFP at least didn't have a tetramerization or severe dimerization problem – it only has a very mild one – that sort of got people hooked on what a wonderful tool this whole system was."
"Although metallacyclopentanes are not important in olefin metathesis, they have been found to be important in a variety of other olefin dimerization reactions."
"A ligand-reversible dimerization system for controlling protein-protein interactions."