Definition of "tetramer" []

• A polymer consisting of four identical monomers. (noun)

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• "To measure frequencies of antigen-specific T cells in target organs, we obtained a tetramer directed against the immunodominant epitope B8R Fig. 2A, the highest frequencies of tetramer+ T cells were detected in spleens of mice that were infected with 10"
• "In its active form, p53 protein is a tetramer, that is to say it is formed by four identical copies of proteins bound together, which has four domains with differentiated functions: activation of transcription, DNA binding, tetramerization and regulation."
• "(such as tetramer and hexamer TFs), using a particular medium (e.g. HIF and LIF), pluripotent stem cells can be generated."