divalent

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For both of these ions, force measurements suggests that there is a transition from a thin layer to a thicker layer as the divalent ion is added.

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  1. adjective Having a valence of 2.

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  • PhoQ is the transmembrane sensor kinase of the phoPQ two-component system, which detects and responds to divalent cations and antimicrobial peptides and can trigger bacterial virulence. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • At the end of the incubation, 5 µl of 0.5 M EDTA was added to chelate divalent cations. —  PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
  • Calcium channel selectivity for divalent and monovalent cations. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • In this process, trivalent iron ions are reduced to divalent ions. —  Green Car Congress
  • The purified protein was found to exist primarily as a homo-tetramer in solution, and to strongly and selectively bind single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) in a divalent cation - and DNA substrate sequence-independent manner. —  BioMed Central - Latest articles
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  1. from Greek δι for δίς, twice, + Latin valen(t-)s, having power; cf. bivalent, the preferable form.
 

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/ˈdɪvələnt/
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