Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A molecule consisting of two identical simpler molecules.
- n. A chemical compound consisting of such molecules.
Wiktionary
- n. chemistry A molecule consisting of two identical halves, formed by joining two identical molecules, sometimes with a single atom acting as a bridge.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a compound whose molecules are composed of two identical monomers
Etymologies
- di- + -mer (Wiktionary)
- di-1 + (poly)mer. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Kinesin dimer/David S. Goodsell, Scripps Research Institute”
“Two intertwined chains with globular heads on one end form a Kinesin dimer.”
“The activity of HIF-1 dimer, which is composed of α and β subunits, is modulated by the availability of the extremely labile oxygen-sensitive HIF-1α protein subunit.”
“SDS-PAGE, PknJ forms stable dimer, which is also shown by variants PknJ-KD-K43A and”
“In this study, Lidke and her colleagues showed that that protein pairing - known as dimer formation - is, in fact, not necessary for ERK to move into the nucleus after all.”
“The opposite ends of the dimer drag the cargo along that they are attached to.”
“If you believe PE or DVT is a reasonable diagnosis to pursue,testing should be done even if the Wells rule suggests low risk or unlikely and the d-dimer is negative.show me a blood test that can't be wrong. posted by james gaulte @ 3:44 AM”
Does the pretest probablity of a condition really determine which test you should do?
“In the first two instances, one then proceeds to obtain a highly sensitive D-dimer test e.g.,enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.”
Does the pretest probablity of a condition really determine which test you should do?
“I think a better reason not to rely on the D-dimer a high probability case is , is concern that a potentially fatal condition may be missed because of one erroneous negative biological lab test considering all the many ways lab tests can get screwed up.”
Does the pretest probablity of a condition really determine which test you should do?
“Interestingly, when one reviews the quoted reference in the Archives of Internal Medicine for that advice it turns out the study involved only 13 instances of high probability PE cases all of whom had a elevated d-dimer.”
Does the pretest probablity of a condition really determine which test you should do?
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