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tetramerize

tetramerize verb: to form a tetramer.

Verb

tetramerize (third-person singular simple present tetramerizes, present participle tetramerizing, simple past and past participle tetramerized)

  1. (intransitive) To form a tetramer.
    • A major challenge in producing recombinant rNA is the inability of the head domain to fold and tetramerize as an independent unit.2015 August 18, “Expression and Characterization of Recombinant, Tetrameric and Enzymatically Active Influenza Neuraminidase for the Setup of an Enzyme-Linked Lectin-Based Assay”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of tetramerize

third-person singular presenttetramerizes
present participletetramerizing
past participletetramerized
pasttetramerized

Origin of tetramerize

From tetramer + -ize.

Words formed from tetramerize

Questions about tetramerize

What does tetramerize mean?
Tetramerize means to form a tetramer.
What part of speech is tetramerize?
Tetramerize is a verb.
What is the past tense of tetramerize?
The past tense of tetramerize is tetramerized.

Words near tetramerize in the dictionary

  1. tetramerises
  2. tetramerising
  3. tetramerism
  4. tetramerization
  5. tetramerizations
  6. tetramerize
  7. tetramerized
  8. tetramerizes
  9. tetramerizing
  10. tetramerous
  11. tetramerously

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