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heteromerize

heteromerize verb: to convert into a heteromer.

Verb

heteromerize (third-person singular simple present heteromerizes, present participle heteromerizing, simple past and past participle heteromerized)

  1. (transitive) To convert into a heteromer.
    • After ligand binding, sIL6R heteromerizes with the signal transducer molecule gp130, which is also utilized by other cytokines of the same family, such as leukemia-inhibitory factor.2015, Judith A. Paice, Cancer Pain: From Molecules to Suffering

Forms of heteromerize

third-person singular presentheteromerizes
present participleheteromerizing
past participleheteromerized
pastheteromerized

Origin of heteromerize

From heteromer + -ize.

Questions about heteromerize

What does heteromerize mean?
Heteromerize means to convert into a heteromer.
What part of speech is heteromerize?
Heteromerize is a verb.
What is the past tense of heteromerize?
The past tense of heteromerize is heteromerized.

Words near heteromerize in the dictionary

  1. heteromerics
  2. heteromerisation
  3. heteromerisations
  4. heteromerization
  5. heteromerizations
  6. heteromerize
  7. heteromerized
  8. heteromerizes
  9. heteromerizing
  10. heteromerous
  11. heteromers

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