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polyalternating en · ADJ

Etymology

From poly- + alternating.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Describing a copolymer in which two monomers alternate in position
    • Alginates with polyalternating sequences (poly-MG) have also been shown to form ionotropic hydrogels [2, 10, 11 ], however, these are much weaker than those made from alginates with a high content of G-blocks. 2015 October 24, “Energy Landscape of Alginate-Epimerase Interactions Assessed by Optical Tweezers and Atomic Force Microscopy”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI: