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Definition of "tetramer" []

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

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "tetramer" in a sentence
  • "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."
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