Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to the Heteromeri; having the disposition of the femoral artery as in the Heteromeri.
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- adjective anatomy Describing
neurons in thespinal cord that haveprocesses passing through to the opposite side of the cord
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Examples
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T-urf13 forms heteromeric complexes in the membrane.
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This means that each heteromeric complex must be capable of adopting at least two different conformations, of changing from one to another, and of shepherding ions through the phospholipid bilayer.
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In mammals, a heteromeric dimer of the transcriptional activators, CLOCK and BMAL1, induces the expression of several genes by interacting with the enhancer elements of their promoters known as the E-box.
Why should medical students study evolution? Here's an example. - The Panda's Thumb 2007
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KCC2a and KCC2b proteins form heteromeric complexes.
Journal of Biological Chemistry current issue P. Uvarov 2009
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Williams K (1993) Ifenprodil discriminates subtypes of the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor: selectivity and mechanisms at recombinant heteromeric receptors.
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Williams K (1993) Ifenprodil discriminates subtypes of the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor: selectivity and mechanisms at recombinant heteromeric receptors.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Cecilia Gonzalez Campo et al. 2009
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Thus, the AB domain of the class II molecules is also a paired heteromeric structure, half of which is encoded by exon 2 of the alpha gene and half by exon 2 of the beta gene.
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KCC2a and KCC2b proteins form heteromeric complexes.
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Cummings J, Roldan LA, Jan YN, Jan LY (1994) Changing subunit composition of heteromeric NMDA receptors during development of rat cortex.
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NMDA receptors (NMDARs), a subclass of the ionotropic excitatory L-glutamate receptors, are heteromeric channels of obligatory NR1 subunits in combination with either NR2 (NR2A-NR2D) or NR3 subunits
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