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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

heterodimer en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros)lbor. English hetero- English dimer English heterodimer From hetero- + dimer.

Meanings

  1. A dimer, especially a biologically active one, derived from two or more different monomers.

Forms

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heterodimers Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

homodimer

Deriveds

heterodimerization · heterodimerize · heterodimeric · heterodimerise

Hypernyms

oligomer · dimer · substance · molecule