tetramerize

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Etymology

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From tetramer +‎ -ize.

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) To form a tetramer.
    • 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[1], →DOI:
      A major challenge in producing recombinant rNA is the inability of the head domain to fold and tetramerize as an independent unit.