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  • adjective Of, pertaining to, or being an oligomer.

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oligomer +‎ ic

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Examples

  • Vitamin E is an important antioxidant in grape seed, but even more powerful are the flavonoids called oligomeric proanthocyanidin complexes, or OPCs, according to the UMMC.

    LIVESTRONG.COM: The Benefits of Grape Seed Extract 2010

  • Vitamin E is an important antioxidant in grape seed, but even more powerful are the flavonoids called oligomeric proanthocyanidin complexes, or OPCs, according to the UMMC.

    LIVESTRONG.COM: The Benefits of Grape Seed Extract 2010

  • The seeds are typically from red grapes (instead of white), which have a high content of compounds known as oligomeric proanthocyanidins (OPCs).

    Wil's Ebay E-Store amp;34; 2010

  • Proteins with 2 or more polypeptide chains are known as oligomeric proteins, their component chains are called subunits or protomers.

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows 2009

  • We altered the proteome of mammary gland cells in our clonal herd of cows, so that the milk would contain the oligomeric building blocks of the synthetic fibers you wanted.

    Eight Maids a'Milking 2010

  • In these posts awhile back, PTer Art Hunt explained that T-urf13 is an example of not just a new gene evolving from noncoding DNA – but it appears to be an example of an oligomeric protein complex, with the function of being a regulated ion channel, evolving from noncoding DNA.

    Hunter vs. Hunt on Turf-13 - The Panda's Thumb 2009

  • The X-ray structures of hemoglobin and other oligomeric proteins available at the time were compact, with no holes through which a molecule the size of DNA might pass.

    Roger D. Kornberg - Autobiography 2007

  • Early studies in yeast were followed by experiments demonstrating recombination between retroviral DNA sequences in the mammalian genome and introduced oligomeric retroviral DNA.

    The 2007 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine - Advanced Information 2007

  • It turns out that T-urf13 is a membrane protein, and in membranes it forms oligomeric structures I am not sure if the stoichiometries have been firmly established, but that it is oligomeric is not in question.

    On the evolution of Irreducible Complexity - The Panda's Thumb 2007

  • Only those coding sequences that started from oligomeric repeats are likely to retain alternative long open reading frames.

    "Intro to ID" by Gonzalez at U of Northern Iowa - The Panda's Thumb 2005

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