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triheteromeric

triheteromeric adjective: having, or relating to, three different types of subunits.

Adjective

triheteromeric (not comparable)

  1. Having, or relating to, three different types of subunits.
    • These receptors are predominantly diheteromeric GluN1-N2B receptors [8 ,31 ,32 ] whereas those located postsynaptically at the same sites may be largely triheteromeric GluN1-N2A-N2B receptors [8 ].2015 July 21, “Differential Effects of D-Cycloserine and ACBC at NMDA Receptors in the Rat Entorhinal Cortex Are Related to Efficacy at the Co-Agonist Binding Site”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
  2. Relating to a triheteromer.

Origin of triheteromeric

From tri- + heteromeric.

Questions about triheteromeric

What does triheteromeric mean?
Triheteromeric means having, or relating to, three different types of subunits.
What part of speech is triheteromeric?
Triheteromeric is an adjective.

Words near triheteromeric in the dictionary

  1. trihemitetartemorions
  2. triheptadecanoate
  3. triheptadecanoin
  4. triheptanoin
  5. triheteromer
  6. triheteromeric
  7. triheteromers
  8. trihex
  9. trihexagonal
  10. trihexes
  11. trihexose

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