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DIMER
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Irregular inflected form: dimer
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A compound whose molecules are composed of two identical monomers
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("dimer" is a kind of...):
chemical compound; compound ((chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight)
Context examples:
Enzymes (EC class 2.7.7) transferring nucleotide residues (nucleotidyls) from nucleoside di- or triphosphates into dimer or polymer forms.
(Nucleotidyltransferase, NCI Thesaurus)
As a dimer of indole-3-carbinol, diindolylmethane (DIM) modulates estrogen balance by reducing the levels of 16-hydroxy estrogen metabolites and increasing the formation of beneficial 2-hydroxy estrogen metabolites.
(Oral Microencapsulated Diindolylmethane, NCI Thesaurus)
Thrombin activatable fibrinolysis inhibitor (TAFI) is a carboxypeptidase B-like proenzyme activated by the thrombin-thrombomodulin dimer.
(Fibrinolysis Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
The active form can consist of a dimer of two identical proteins or a heterodimer of two related bone morphogenetic proteins.
(Bone Morphogenetic Protein, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
The determination of the amount of d-dimers present in a sample.
(D-Dimer Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)
A dimer consisting of two adjacent pyrimidines covalently jointed by a cyclobutane ring, inhibiting DNA replication.
(Cyclobutane Pyrimidine Dimer, NCI Thesaurus)
This proteolysis releases both the alpha chain, C4 anaphylatoxin, which stimulates inflammation, and a dimer of the beta and gamma chains, which mediates the interaction between the antigen-antibody complex and other complement components.
(Complement Component-4, NCI Thesaurus)
Combretastatin targets and binds to the colchicine-binding site of tubulin, thereby impairs the polymerization of tubulin dimers and prevents the formation of microtubules in the endothelial cells of tumor.
(Combretastatin, NCI Thesaurus)
This protein plays a role in repair of UV-induced pyrimidine dimers in DNA.
(DNA Polymerase Eta, NCI Thesaurus)
A measurement of the d-dimers in a biological specimen.
(D-Dimer Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
