Heptamerization

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The formation of heptamers

    "Moreover, although the effects of cholesterol depletion by a cholesterol synthesis inhibitor, lovastatin, and methyl-β-cyclodextrin treatment on Etx binding and heptamerization have been examined [43 ], the effects of other lipid constituents on Etx binding and heptamerization remain uninvestigated."

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"Moreover, although the effects of cholesterol depletion by a cholesterol synthesis inhibitor, lovastatin, and methyl-β-cyclodextrin treatment on Etx binding and heptamerization have been examined [43 ], the effects of other lipid constituents on Etx binding and heptamerization remain uninvestigated."

Etymology

From heptamer + -ization.

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