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suboligomeric

suboligomeric adjective: composed of fewer monomeric species that a related material.

Adjective

suboligomeric (not comparable)

  1. Composed of fewer monomeric species that a related material
    • This transition is initiated by disassembly of the dodecamers to suboligomeric species which are then reassembled to produce the active form of the chaperone.2015 July 28, Ohad Suss, Dana Reichmann, “Protein plasticity underlines activation and function of ATP-independent chaperones”, in Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, volume 2, →DOI

Origin of suboligomeric

From sub- + oligomeric.

Questions about suboligomeric

What does suboligomeric mean?
Suboligomeric means composed of fewer monomeric species that a related material.
What part of speech is suboligomeric?
Suboligomeric is an adjective.

Words near suboligomeric in the dictionary

  1. subohm
  2. subohmic
  3. subolesin
  4. subolesins
  5. subolfactory
  6. suboligomeric
  7. subontologies
  8. subontology
  9. subopacity
  10. subopaque
  11. suboperation

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