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heptamerize

heptamerize verb: to form a heptamer.

Verb

heptamerize (third-person singular simple present heptamerizes, present participle heptamerizing, simple past and past participle heptamerized)

  1. To form a heptamer
    • Such mutants that cannot heptamerize have been shown to be more effective antigens.2015 July 25, “Immunization with a Recombinant, Pseudomonas fluorescens -Expressed, Mutant Form of Bacillus anthracis -Derived Protective Antigen Protects Rabbits from Anthrax Infection”, in PLOS...

Forms of heptamerize

third-person singular presentheptamerizes
present participleheptamerizing
past participleheptamerized
pastheptamerized

Origin of heptamerize

From heptamer + -ize.

Questions about heptamerize

What does heptamerize mean?
Heptamerize means to form a heptamer.
What part of speech is heptamerize?
Heptamerize is a verb.
What is the past tense of heptamerize?
The past tense of heptamerize is heptamerized.

Words near heptamerize in the dictionary

  1. heptameric
  2. heptameride
  3. heptamerides
  4. heptamerization
  5. heptamerizations
  6. heptamerize
  7. heptamerized
  8. heptamerizing
  9. heptameron
  10. heptamerons
  11. heptamerous

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