Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A chemical compound or molecule consisting of two identical simpler molecules.
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- noun chemistry A
molecule consisting of two identical halves, formed by joining two identical molecules, sometimes with a singleatom acting as abridge .
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- noun a compound whose molecules are composed of two identical monomers
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Examples
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Kinesin dimer/David S. Goodsell, Scripps Research Institute
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Two intertwined chains with globular heads on one end form a Kinesin dimer.
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SDS-PAGE, PknJ forms stable dimer, which is also shown by variants PknJ-KD-K43A and
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Gunjan Arora et al. 2010
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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.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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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.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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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.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Daniela Trisciuoglio et al. 2010
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The opposite ends of the dimer drag the cargo along that they are attached to.
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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? james gaulte 2009
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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? james gaulte 2009
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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? james gaulte 2009
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