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  • adjective chemistry produced from two similar but different monomers

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  • Bar scale: (a) 100 µm, (b) 10 µm. * indicates p Native C3 is a heterodimeric protein made of one α-chain (115-kDa) and one β-chain.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Alvaro Cervera et al. 2010

  • DB were then compared to those of representative datasets of heterodimeric complexes.

    Elites TV PLoS ONE 2010

  • IL-4 can signal through two heterodimeric receptors composed of the IL-4Rα chain complexed with either the common γc chain or the IL-13Rα1 chain.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Jamila Khallou-Laschet et al. 2010

  • HIF-1 is a heterodimeric protein complex composed of two subunits: a stable and constitutively expressed HIF-1β, and an inducible, O

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles 2009

  • SUMO modification in yeast is catalyzed by a three-step enzyme reaction, involving the heterodimeric activating enzyme (E1) Uba2 / Aos1, the conjugating enzyme (E2) Ubc9, and a few ligases (E3).

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Xuefeng Chen et al. 2009

  • HIFs are heterodimeric transcription factors, meaning that they consist of two subunits: an oxygen-sensitive α − subunit, which is the fundamental to the EPO mechanism, and a β − subunit.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • HIFs are heterodimeric transcription factors, meaning that they consist of two subunits: an oxygen-sensitive α − subunit, which is the fundamental to the EPO mechanism, and a β − subunit.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • HIF-1 is an heterodimeric transcription factor that transactivates more than 60 target genes involved in multiple aspects of tumorigenesis including tumor growth, angiogenesis. metastasis, glucose metabolism and chemotherapy response.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Lavinia Nardinocchi et al. 2009

  • Upon the heterodimerisation of the α − subunit with HIF-β, the transcription factor, classified as one of a group of heterodimeric basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) transcription factors, is activated.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • Upon the heterodimerisation of the α − subunit with HIF-β, the transcription factor, classified as one of a group of heterodimeric basic helix-loop-helix

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

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